AGENCY:
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, State.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
A determination has been made that a number of foreign persons have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides for penalties on foreign entities and individuals for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran since January 1, 1999; the transfer to or acquisition from Syria since January 1, 2005; or the transfer to or acquisition from North Korea since January 1, 2006, of goods, services, or technology controlled under multilateral control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear Suppliers Group, Wassenaar Arrangement) or otherwise having the potential to make a material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The...
1) This FR notice announces "secondary sanctions" against a handful of Turkish, Chinese and Russian persons pursuant to the INKSNA, a "secondary sanctions" statute that is often overlooked because it is seldom invoked and does not include any OFAC-administered sanctions provisions, e.g. blocking. Here, sanctions were all imposed on persons that had not previously been subject to sanctions. None of those on whom sanctions were imposed were, concurrent with this action by the Department of State, made subject to any OFAC-administered sanctions authority. See the Department of State press release announcing these actions at https://www.state.gov/new-sanctions-under-the-iran-north-korea-and-syria-nonproliferation-act-inksna/.
The announcement is worth taking note of in light of the fact that, at the time it was made, the activities deemed sanctionable appeared to be within the scope of several Iran-specific, OFAC-administered secondary sanctions authorities. According to the announcement, most of the...