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SEC. 2. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER’S OFFICE, ITS APPOINTEES, AND ANY AFFILIATED PERSONS.
(a) Findings.—Congress finds the following:
(1) The Supreme Leader is an institution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(2) The Supreme Leader holds ultimate authority over Iran’s judiciary and security apparatus, including the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, law enforcement forces under the Interior Ministry, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the Basij, a nationwide volunteer paramilitary group subordinate to the IRGC, all of which have engaged in human rights abuses in Iran. Additionally the IRGC, a United States designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, which reports to the Supreme Leader, continues to perpetrate terrorism around the globe, including attempts to kill and kidnap American citizens on United States soil.
(3) The Supreme Leader appoints the head of Iran’s judiciary. International observers continue to criticize...
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1) This is one of a dozen or so sanctions related provisions of the 2024 "National Security Supplemental". The Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act calls for the mandatory imposition of IEEPA-based blocking sanctions on any person that falls within a category of Iran-related persons and is affirmatively determined to meet the criteria for (i) designation under one of several pre-existing blocking EOs, or (ii) “Penalties and visa bans applicable with respect to a person pursuant to section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021” (“section 7031(c)”). To the extent that there are “foreign persons” described at section 2(d) that are not yet blocked but do meet the criteria for designation under section 7031(c), this statute would presumably result in the designation of such persons, but otherwise this statute is...