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OFAC Adds, Edits SDN List

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following entities to its Specially Designated Nationals list. All were added under Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations and Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations.

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  • Babk Morteza Zanjani, Iranian citizen
  • First Islamic Investment Bank Ltd., aka FIIB; Labuan and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • International Safe Oil, aka Account International Safe Oil; Labuan, Malaysia
  • Kont Investment Bank, aka Kont Bank; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
  • Kont Kosmetik, aka Kont Group Ve Kozmetik Sanayi Dis Ticaret Ltd. Sti Kont Kosmetic Ve Dis Ticaret Ltd. Sti Kont Cosmetic; Istanbul, Turkey
  • Sorient Commercial Trust (SCT) Bankers, aka SCT Bankers; United Arab Emirates and Iran

OFAC deleted Madhat Mursi Al-Sayyid Umar, an Egyptian national, from the list. The individual was initially added under global terrorism sanctions regulations.

OFAC also made the following changes to the list:

  • Farhad Kanabi Ahmad, aka Kawa Hamawandi, aka Kaua Omar Achmed; an Iraq national has changed to Farhad Kanabi Ahmad, aka Kawa Hama Wandi, aka Kaua Omar Achmed, an Iraq national; added under Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
  • Ali Mazen Hussein, aka Issa Salah Muhamad; an Iraq national, added under Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
  • Naftiran Intertrade Co. (Nico) Limited, aka Naft Iran Intertrade Company Ltd., aka Naftiran Intertrade Company (Nico), aka Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd., aka Nico; Tehran, Iran; added under Iranian Transactions Regulations, Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations and Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations