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Case No. IA-2018-357400-1
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Thompson Reuters Corporation
2395 Midway Rd
Carrollton, TX 75006
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Dear [***]
This responds to your request to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) date October 11, 2018 (the “Application”) seeking authorization [***]
The Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 560 (ITSR), generally prohibit the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a U.S. person, wherever located, of any goods, technology or services to Iran or the Government of Iran. ITSR, § 560.204. The ITSR also generally prohibit U.S. persons, wherever located, from engaging in any transaction or dealing in or related to goods or services of Iranian origin or owned or controlled by the Government of Iran; or goods, technology, or services for exportation, reexportation, sale or supply, directly...
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1) Redactions make it impossible to know what Thompson Reuters Corporation was asking OFAC about, but whatever it was, it appears to be something for which the informational materials exemption would apply to persons blocked solely pursuant to IEEPA-based authorities, but not entities blocked pursuant to the GTSR, for which the informational materials exemption does not apply. (See General Note on the Applicability of IEEPA/TWEA Exemptions in EOs and Sanctions Regulations not Specifically Mentioning Them).
Of note, in Thompson Reuters Corporation’s annual report for the year ended December 31, 2019, Thompson Reuters Corporation reported as follows:
During 2019, one of our non-U.S. subsidiaries sold Reuters text newswires and video broadcast services products to one customer covered by the ITRA. These sales were exempt from applicable U.S. economic sanctions...