1st August 2012: New Executive Order on Iran
On 1st August 2012 President Obama signed a new Executive Order on Iran. It gives new sanctions authorities to both the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State. The E.O. authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose financial sanctions on foreign financial institutions found to have knowingly conducted or facilitated certain significant financial transactions with the National Iranian Oil Company ("NIOC") or Naftiran Intertrade Company ("NICO") or for the purchase or acquisition of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran through any channel. In addition, the E.O. provides Treasury new authority to impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions found to have knowingly conducted or facilitated significant transactions for the purchase or acquisition of petrochemical products from Iran.
Finally, it provides authority for Treasury to block the property and interests in property of any person determined to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, NIOC, NICO, or the Central Bank of Iran, or the purchase or acquisition of U.S. bank notes or precious metals by the Government of Iran.
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The White House: Office of the Press Secretary. Executive Order: Authorizing addtional sanctions with respect to Iran (59 KB)
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OFAC FAQs: Questions Related to Excutive Order of July 31, 2012, "Authorizing Addtional Sanctions With Respect to Iran" (558 KB)
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