OFAC Adds to SDN List Under Iran Human Rights and Threat Reduction Designations
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individual to its Specially Designated Nationals List May 30, added under a 2010 Executive Order that blocks property of certain people for human rights abuses by Iran’s government.
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- Asghar Mir-Hejazi, aka Asghar Hejazi, aka Asghar Sadegh Hejazi, aka Ali Asqar Mir-Hejazi Ruhani, aka Ali Mirehejazi, aka Ali Asqar Mir-Hejazi; Iranian citizen; Security Deputy of Supreme Leader, Member of the Leader’s Planning Chamber, Head of Security of Supreme Leader’s Office, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Supreme Leader’s Office.
The following entities were also added to the SND List May 30, through a 2012 Executive Order which authorized the implementation of sanctions from the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act.
- Committee to Determine Instances of Criminal Content, aka Commission to Determine Instances of Criminal Content, aka Committee for Determining Examples of Criminal Web Content, aka Committee in Charge of Determining Unauthorized Websites, aka Working Group for Determining Offensive Content, aka Working Group to Determine Instances of Criminal Content, aka Working Group to Determine Instances on Online Criminal Content; Tehran, Iran.
- Ofogh Saberin Engineering Development Company, aka Ofogh Tose-eh Saberin Engineering; Tehran, Iran.
The Committee to Determine Instances of Criminal Content is a government entity charged with filtering the flow of information to the Iranian people, said State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki in a May 30 statement (here). Asghar Mir-Hejazi has "used his influence behind the scenes to empower elements from Iran's intelligence services in carrying out violent crackdowns against the Iranian people." Ofogh Saberin provided material support to aid in censorship work by the Iranian government. The company was also placed in charge of a project to "override and spoof" commercial satellite communication frequencies the Iranian government determined were "subversive Western media sources," Psaki said.