OFAC Finds Maritime Registry Violated Iranian Sanctions
The Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a finding of violation to Fairhaven, Massachusetts-based Dominica Maritime Registry for illicitly dealing in the property or interests of property of the National Iranian Tanker Company, part of the government of Iran whose…
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property and interests in property are blocked, OFAC said. Dominica violated the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations by executing a binding memorandum of understanding on July 4, 2015, with the Iranian company, “which OFAC determined was a contingent contract and therefore property in which NITC, a blocked person, had an interest,” OFAC said.