OFAC Iran Sanctions

Overview

The U.S. Iran Sanctions program comprehensively restricts trade, financial transactions, and investment involving Iran. It implements multiple executive orders, statutes, and UN Security Council Resolutions targeting the Government of Iran, Iranian financial institutions, and various sectors of the Iranian economy including petroleum, petrochemicals, metals, and financial services. The program also addresses human rights abuses, ballistic missile proliferation, UAV-related activities, and conventional arms activities by Iran.

Targeted country

Legal bases

• Executive Order 12170 - Blocking Iranian Government Property (November 14, 1979)
• Executive Order 12211 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Iran (April 17, 1980)
• Executive Order 12613 - Prohibiting Imports From Iran (October 29, 1987)
• Executive Order 12957 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources (March 16, 1995)
• Executive Order 12959 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Iran (May 07, 1995)
• Executive Order 13059 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Iran (August 20, 1997)
• Executive Order 13553 - Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses By The Government of Iran (September 29, 2010)
• Executive Order 13599 - Blocking Property of the Government of Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions (February 06, 2012)
• Executive Order 13606 - Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Certain Persons With Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via Information Technology (April 23, 2012)
• Executive Order 13608 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions With and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Foreign Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and Syria (May 01, 2012)
• Executive Order 13846 - Reimposing Certain Sanctions With Respect To Iran
• Executive Order 13871 - Imposing Sanctions with Respect to the Iron, Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Sectors of Iran
• Executive Order 13876 - Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Iran
• Executive Order 13902 - Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran
• Executive Order 13949 - Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to the Conventional Arms Activities of Iran
• International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706
• National Emergencies Act (NEA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1651
• Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as Amended, 50 U.S.C. § 1701 note
• Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, Public Law 111-195
• Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, Public Law 112-158
• Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (IFCA), Public Law 112-239
• Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), Public Law 115-44
• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2332d
• Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (TSRA), 22 U.S.C. §§ 7201-7211
• International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (ISDCA), 22 U.S.C. § 2349aa-9
• Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, P.L. 112-81
• Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act, Public Law 118-50, Division L
• Fight and Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports (Fight CRIME) Act, Public Law 118-50, Division K
• Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act of 2023, Public Law 118-50, Division S
• Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, Public Law 118-50, Division J
• 31 CFR Part 535 - Iranian Assets Control Regulations
• 31 CFR Part 560 - Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations
• 31 CFR Part 561 - Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations
• 31 CFR Part 562 - Iranian Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations
• UNSCR 2231 - Endorses the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (July 20, 2015)
• UNSCR 1929 (June 09, 2010)
• UNSCR 1835 (September 27, 2008)
• UNSCR 1803 (March 03, 2008)
• UNSCR 1747 (March 24, 2007)
• UNSCR 1737 (December 23, 2006)
• UNSCR 1696 (July 31, 2006)
• UNSCR 461 (December 31, 1979)

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