Case No. IA-8285

Date issued: Aug. 01 2006

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TURBOFAC Commentary (1801 words)

Consolidated Comment on Case No. IA-8274, Case No. IA-8285 and Case No. IA-8381

1) BACKGROUND

Case No. IA-8274 and Case No. IA-8285 were issued on the same day and address substantially similar factual situations, but Case No. IA-8285 provides a bit more detail. Unlike the applicant in Case No. IA-8274, the applicant in Case No. IA-8285 asks about broadcasting its own satellite signal to audiences in Iran, and apparently suggests that it intends on importing certain materials from Iran to “re-export” to Iran through the satellite-based broadcasts. Both of the applicants were relatively young companies at the time of their requests to OFAC, and both are now defunct. See “The Satellite Subversives” (New York Times Magazine; Feb. 24, 2002) for further relevant background (https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/24/magazine/the-satellite-subversives.html).

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