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Mohammad Javad AZARI JAHROMI

Date of birth

1981-09-16

Place of birth

Jahrom, Iran

Sex

Male

Address

Iran

Function

Executive

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13846, for his role in the Iranian regime’s widescale internet censorship.

Sender

Additional info

Subject to Secondary Sanctions

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm836

Date of listing

2019-11-22

Program information

Authority

Program

Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Iran

Measures

Other financial restrictions, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1551

Official Information

The Iranian Transactions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560 (the “ITR”), financial institutions and other U.S. persons were prohibited from engaging in transactions with the GOI. Under those prior rules, U.S. financial institutions receiving instructions to execute transactions involving these entities were not required to block the transactions, but were instead required to reject those instructions rather than carry them out, unless the transactions were exempt, authorized, or not prohibited by OFAC.

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-560

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