§ 560.304 Government of Iran.

The term

Government of

Iran

includes:

(a) The state and the Government of Iran, as well as any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of Iran;

(b) Any person owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the foregoing;

(c) Any person to the extent that such person is, or has been, since the effective date, acting or purporting to act, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of the foregoing; and

(d) Any other person determined by the Office of Foreign Assets Control to be included within paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section.

Note 1 to § 560.304:

The names of persons that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has identified as meeting this definition are published in the

Federal Register

and incorporated into OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) with the identifier “[IRAN].” The SDN List is accessible through the following page on OFAC's website:

www.treasury.gov/sdn

. However, the property and interests in property of any persons meeting the definition of the term

Government of Iran

are blocked pursuant to § 560.211 regardless of whether the names of such persons are published in the

Federal Register

or incorporated into the SDN List.

Note 2 to § 560.304:

Section 501.807 of this chapter describes the procedures to be followed by persons seeking administrative reconsideration of OFAC's determination that they fall within the definition of the term

Government of Iran.

[77 FR 64666, Oct. 22, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 3332, Jan. 21, 2016; 83 FR 55271, Nov. 5, 2018]