Iran-related Designations; Counter Terrorism and Iran-related Designation Update; Issuance of Iran-related General License
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Source:US Treasury OFAC (U.S. Treasury, public domain)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued Iran-related General License V, which provides a window for the wind-down of existing transactions involving HENGLI PETROCHEMICAL DALIAN REFINERY CO., LTD. This regulatory update is part of a broader enforcement action under the IRAN-EO13902 sanctions program.
OFAC has expanded its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List with several new maritime and logistics entities. The newly sanctioned companies include ANKA ENERGY AND LOGISTICS COMPANY (IMO 0295422), COSTIN SHIPPING LIMITED (IMO 0191080), DOFA SHIPPING LTD (IMO 0281591), EVY BLUE LTD (IMO 0326041), EXTENSIVE SHIPPING LIMITED (IMO 0234236), LAUREL SHIPPING LTD (IMO 6210475), LEPUS NAVIGATION LTD (IMO 0212118), LISBOA SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED (IMO 6427261), MIHIR SHIPPING INC. (IMO 0404616), NAXOS MARITIME AND TRADING S.A. (IMO 6395865), NICE GIFT LIMITED (IMO 6391672), PATRIOT INC. (IMO 0237023), REAYOU COMPANY LIMITED (IMO 6343147), SKYROS MARITIME AND TRADING S.A. (IMO 6351601), THIEN AN HOA BINH COMPANY LIMITED (IMO 6266198), TING TAO COMPANY LIMITED (IMO 0198612), XIFOIDES GROUP LIMITED (IMO 6244565), YEGUA TRADING LIMITED (IMO 6238337), and ZHOUSHAN YAOHAI SHIPPING CO., LTD. (IMO 0316659).
Compliance professionals should note that all listed entities are now subject to the blocking provisions of the IRAN-EO13902 sanctions. All assets of these parties within U.S. jurisdiction are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any dealings with them.
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