Notice2025-23020

Notice of 2024 Sanctions Actions

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December 17, 2025

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Abstract

The Department of State is publishing the name of one or more persons that were placed on the Department of Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in 2024 based on the Department of State's determination, in consultation with other departments, as appropriate, that one or more applicable legal criteria of the Executive Order (E.O.) regarding blocking property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters and the E.O. regarding blocking property of certain persons with respect to the conventional arms activities of Iran were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58800-58801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23020]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12853]


Notice of 2024 Sanctions Actions

SUMMARY: The Department of State is publishing the name of one or more 
persons that were placed on the Department of Treasury's List of 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) 
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in 2024 
based on the Department of State's determination, in consultation with 
other departments, as appropriate, that one or more applicable legal 
criteria of the Executive Order (E.O.) regarding blocking property of 
weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters and the 
E.O. regarding blocking property of certain persons with respect to the 
conventional arms activities of Iran were satisfied. All property and 
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are 
blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in 
transactions with them.

DATES: These actions were issued on July 12, 2024, September 10, 2024, 
and December 18, 2024, respectively. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section for applicable date(s) in 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Counterproliferation 
Initiatives, Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Department of 
State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: (202) 647-5193; email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#befffdf0e1eddfd0ddcad7d1d0cdfecdcadfcadb90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="efaeaca1b0bc8e818c9b8680819caf9c9b8e9b8ac1888099">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The SDN List and additional information concerning sanctions 
programs are available on OFAC's website (<a href="https://www.treasury.gov/ofac">https://www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>). The announcements for these actions are available on the 
Department of State's website (https://2021-2025.state.gov/united-
states-imposes-

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sanctions-targeting-irans-chemical-weapons-research-and-development/; 
<a href="https://2021-2025.state.gov/new-iran-and-russia-sanctions-designations/">https://2021-2025.state.gov/new-iran-and-russia-sanctions-designations/</a>
; <a href="https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-sanctions-on-two-iran-based-entities-pursuant-to-e-o-13949-and-one-iranian-individual-pursuant-to-e-o-13382/">https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-sanctions-on-two-iran-based-entities-pursuant-to-e-o-13949-and-one-iranian-individual-pursuant-to-e-o-13382/</a>
).

Notice of Department of State Actions

    On July 12, 2024, the Department of State, in consultation with 
other departments, as appropriate, determined that the property and 
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following 
persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed 
below.

Entities

    1. HAKIMAN SHARGH RESEARCH COMPANY, No. 0, Crystal Building, Ground 
Floor, Khomeini Shahr Ring Street, Azadegan Blvd., Central Sector, 
Khomeini Shahr City, Isfahan Province 8415683111, Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Organization 
Established Date 11 May 1999; National ID No. 10260357995 (Iran); 
Registration Number 2649 (Iran) [NPWMD] [IFSR].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 13382 of 
June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to 
the Conventional Arms Activities of Iran,'' (E.O. 13382) for having 
engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that 
have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially 
contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or 
their means of delivery (including missiles capable of delivering such 
weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, 
develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by Iran, a foreign 
country of proliferation concern.

Notice of Department of State Actions

    On September 10, 2024, the Department of State, in consultation 
with other departments, as appropriate, determined that the property 
and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following 
persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed 
below.

Entities

    1. IRAN AIR (a.k.a. HAVAPEYMAYI MELLI IRAN; a.k.a. IRAN AIR PJSC; 
a.k.a. IRANAIR; a.k.a. IRANAIR CARGO; a.k.a. THE AIRLINE OF THE ISLAMIC 
REPUBLIC OF IRAN; a.k.a. ``HOMA''), Iran Air Building, Mehrabad 
Airport, Tehran, Iran; Postal Box 13185-775, Tehran, Iran; Central 
Airlines Department of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran Karaj 
Special Road, Beginning of Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, 
Iran; website <a href="http://www.iranair.com">www.iranair.com</a>; alt. website <a href="http://www.iranair.co.ir">www.iranair.co.ir</a>; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; 
Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; 
National ID No. 10100354259 (Iran); Registration Number 8132 (Iran) 
[IRAN] [IRAN-CON-ARMS-E.O.] [RUSSIA-EO14024].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order 13949 of 
September 21, 2020 ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect 
to the Conventional Arms Activities of Iran,'' (E.O. 13949) for 
engaging in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, 
sale, or transfer, directly or indirectly, to or from Iran, or for the 
use in or benefit of Iran, of arms or related materiel, including spare 
parts.

Notice of Department of State Actions

    On December 18, 2024, the Department of State, in consultation with 
other departments, as appropriate, determined that the property and 
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following 
persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed 
below.

Individuals

    1. EFTEKHARI, Sayyed Hosein Majid Musavi (a.k.a. IFTIKHARI, Sayyid 
Husayn Musawi), Iran; DOB 17 Feb 1965; nationality Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male; 
National ID No. 0040158721 (Iran) (individual) [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13382 for having 
engaged, or attempted to engage, in activities or transactions that 
have materially contributed to, or pose a risk of materially 
contributing to, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or 
their means of delivery (including missiles capable of delivering such 
weapons), including any efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, 
develop, transport, transfer or use such items, by Iran, a foreign 
country of proliferation concern.

Entities

    1. SAAD SAZEH FARAZ SHARIF (a.k.a. DARIA FANAVAR BORHAN SHARIF; 
a.k.a. SADID SAZEH PARVAZ SHARIF), Ground Floor, Plate 0, Chogan Street 
9, Tehran Karaj Highway, Sahrak Ansar Neighborhood, Tehran, Tehran 
Province, Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary 
Sanctions; Organization Established Date 2017; National ID No. 
14007965448 (Iran); Registration Number 534295 (Iran) [IRAN-CON-ARMS-
E.O.].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13949 for engaging 
in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or 
transfer, directly or indirectly, to or from Iran, or for the use in or 
benefit of Iran, of arms or related materiel, including spare parts.
    2. CHEKAD SANAT FARAZ ASIA, Afshar Nou Alley, Fadaiyan Islam St., 
No 841, 1st floor, District 18, Central Sector, Tehran Station Quarter, 
Tehran, Tehran Province 1851617167, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Organization Established 
Date 2013; National ID No. 14009306332 (Iran); Registration Number 
561957 (Iran) [IRAN-CON-ARMS-E.O.].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 13949 for engaging 
in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or 
transfer, directly or indirectly, to or from Iran, or for the use in or 
benefit of Iran, of arms or related materiel, including spare parts.

Renee P. Sonderman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control and 
Nonproliferation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-23020 Filed 12-16-25; 8:45 am]
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