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§560.540 Exportation of certain services and software incident to Internet based communications.
(a) To the extent that such transactions are not exempt from the prohibitions of this part and subject to the restrictions set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, the following transactions are authorized:
(1) The exportation from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in Iran of services incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet, such as instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, provided that such services are publicly available at no cost to the user.
(2) The exportation from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in Iran of software necessary to enable the services described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, provided that such software is designated as EAR99 under the Export...
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* On 9-23-22, OFAC replaced Iran GL D-1 with Iran GL D-2. See Iran GL D-2, and comments thereto, for a discussion on the changes between GL D-1 and GL D-2. The comment below has not been amended as a result of the issuance of GL D-2, but note that GL D-2 appears to render the authorizations here redundant.
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1) For comments concerning the relationship between the exemptions and certain of the activities authorized here, as well as the scope of the GL itself (in particular the portion that overlaps substantively with similar GLs appearing in other programs), see General Note on Prohibitions, Licenses and Exemptions as Applied to Social Media and Other Communications-Related Internet Services and Software (System Ed. Note). Some of what is covered by...