• May 17, 2024

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OFAC Designates Four Iranian Ballistic Missile Entities

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-designates-four-iranian-ballistic-missile-entities/"></div>On July 28, 2017, OFAC designated four Iranian entities owned or controlled by Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group , an Iranian entity alleged to be “central to Iran’s ballistic missile program” and designated in the Annex to Executive Order 13382.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis

Can Trump Leave the Iran Nuclear Agreement?

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/can-trump-leave-iran-nuclear-agreement/"></div>The Trump administration reportedly came close to de-certifying Iran's compliance with the JCPOA. If it chooses to do so in the future, how will President Trump re-impose sanctions unilaterally on Iran?<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via

OFAC, State Announce New Iran Sanctions

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-state-announce-new-iran-sanctions/"></div>In tandem with its certification of Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the nuclear accord between the U.S., other major world powers, and Iran – the Trump administration imposed new sanctions on the Islamic Republic, targeting individuals and entities engaged in support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_

Not Exactly a Line in the Sand: The D.C. Circuit

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/not-exactly-line-sand-d-c-circuit-attempt-liability-itsr/"></div>Admittedly, I’m late to the party on this, but as you likely already know the D.C. Circuit has issued its decision in the Epsilon Electronics v. U.S. Department of the Treasury litigation that I have spent so much time writing on over the past two years. There is a lot to unpack from that decision–and […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via

Congress Seeks Review Process for Sanctions Easing. Precedent for the

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/congress-seeks-review-process-sanctions-easing-precedent-future/"></div>The Senate has taken a big step towards reclaiming Congress' prerogatives over the application of U.S. economic sanctions, including, in particular, the decision to lift and/or ease U.S. sanctions on a target State.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis

OFAC Settles Apparent Violations of the CACR

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-settles-apparent-violations-cacr/"></div>On June 8, 2017, OFAC announced a settlement with the American Honda Finance Corporation for apparent violations of the CACR. Does OFAC's application of the Enforcement Guidelines compute, though? <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_

Epsilon Gives Insight into Scope of Iran Export Ban

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/epsilon-gives-insight-scope-iran-export-ban/"></div>The DC Circuit Court of Appeals engaged in an interpretive exercise as to the scope of the Iran export ban in Epsilon v. OFAC. The Court's holding has important implications for US exporters. <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons

OFAC Takes Aggressive Action Against Venezuela

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-takes-aggressive-action-venezuela/"></div>On May 18, 2017, acting pursuant to Executive Order 13692, OFAC designated eight members of Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice for judicial decisions that allegedly “usurped the authority of Venezuela’s democratically-elected legislature."<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via

Inaugurating the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/inaugurating-the-terrorist-financing-targeting-center/"></div>The United States has entered a historic agreement with its Gulf Arab partners to target terror finance networks. But is the news of this agreement all good?<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt

Have We Entered a New Phase of Iran Sanctions?

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/entered-new-phase-iran-sanctions/"></div>Some allege that the Trump administration is taking a more punitive approach towards Tehran.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_