Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Iran

Type of sectoral sanctions

Comprehensive controls

Measures

Iran. BIS maintains license requirements and other restrictions on exports and reexports to Iran. A comprehensive embargo on transactions involving this country is administered by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) administers a comprehensive t...

Additional Sanctions

Comprehensive controls

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Part 746 - Embargoes and Other Special Controls

Regime

BIS comprehensive controls

Target State

Iran

Official Information

This part contains or refers to all the BIS licensing requirements, licensing policies, and License Exceptions for countries subject to general embargoes or comprehensive sanctions, currently Cuba, Iran, and Syria. This part is the focal point for all the EAR requirements for transactions involving these countries.

Program URL

https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/documents/regulation-docs/420-part-746-embargoes-and-other-special-controls/file