Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

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September 22, 2023

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing updates to the identifying information of two persons currently included on the SDN List. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons remain blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65424-65425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20556]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing updates to the identifying information of 
two persons currently included on the SDN List. All property and 
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons 
remain blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging 
in transactions with them.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Bradley Smith, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant 
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or Assistant 
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions 
programs are available on OFAC's website (<a href="https://www.treasury.gov/ofac">https://www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>).

Notice of OFAC Actions

    On September 15, 2023, OFAC updated the entries on the SDN List for 
the following persons, whose property and interests in property subject 
to U.S. jurisdiction remain blocked under the relevant sanctions 
authority listed below.

    1. NAJIB, Atif (a.k.a. NAJEEB, Atef; a.k.a. NAJIB, Atef); POB 
Jablah, Syria; Brigadier General; Position: Former head of the 
Syrian Political Security Directorate for Dar'a Province 
(individual) [SYRIA].
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    NAJIB, Atif (a.k.a. NAJEEB, Atef; a.k.a. NAJIB, Atef), Syria; 
DOB 1960; POB Jablah, Syria; nationality Syria; Gender Male; Former 
head of the Syrian Political Security Directorate for Dar'a Province 
(individual) [SYRIA].
    Designated on April 29, 2011, pursuant to section 1(a) of 
Executive Order 13572 ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With 
Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Syria,'' of April 29, 2011, 76 FR 
24787, 3 CFR, 2011 Comp., p. 236 (E.O. 13572), for being a person 
listed in the Annex to E.O. 13572.
    2. SALIMI, Hosein (a.k.a. SALAMI, Hoseyn; a.k.a. SALAMI, 
Hossein; a.k.a. SALAMI, Hussayn); nationality Iran; citizen Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; 
Passport D08531177 (Iran) (individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
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    SALIMI, Hosein (a.k.a. SALAMI, Hoseyn; a.k.a. SALAMI, Hossein; 
a.k.a. SALAMI, Hussayn), Tehran, Iran; DOB 1960; POB Golpayegan, 
Isfahan province, Iran; nationality Iran; citizen Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male; 
Passport D08531177 (Iran); Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps (individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    Designated on October 25, 2007, pursuant to section 1(a)(iv) of 
Executive Order 13382 ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters,'' of June 28, 2005, 
70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 170 (E.O. 13382), for acting or 
purporting to act for or on behalf

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of, directly or indirectly, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a 
person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to E.O. 13382.

    Dated: September 15, 2023.
Bradley Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2023-20556 Filed 9-21-23; 8:45 am]
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