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Amir Fadavi
May 24, 20234 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - May 15th to May 19th, 2023
Monday, May 15 The U.S. Department of State imposed visa restrictions (a type of sanction), under Section 212(a)(3)C) of the Immigration...

Amir Fadavi
May 15, 20231 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - May 8th to May 12th, 2023
Monday, May 8 There was no major development on this date. Tuesday, May 9 The United States Department of the Treasury imposed...

Amir Fadavi
May 8, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - May 1st to May 5th, 2023
Monday, May 1 OFAC issued General License 42 under its Venezuela program which authorizes transactions that are ordinarily incident and...

Amir Fadavi
May 3, 20234 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - April 24th to April 28th, 2023
Monday, April 24 This week started with new sanctions against Iran. OFSI imposed asset-freezing sanctions on four IRGC commanders to its...

Amir Fadavi
Apr 24, 20234 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - April 17th to April 21st, 2023
Monday, April 17 OFAC published "Possible Evasion of the Russian Oil Price Cap" alert to warn U.S. persons about the possible evasion of...

Amir Fadavi
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - April 10th to April 14th, 2023
Monday, April 10 A California-based individual was sentenced to 48 months in prison for providing services, including financial services,...

Amir Fadavi
Apr 11, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - April 3rd to April 7th, 2023
Monday, April 3 France added four individuals to its list of sanctions targets under the country's autonomous counter-terrorism sanctions...

Amir Fadavi
Apr 4, 20234 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - March 27th to March 31st, 2023
Monday, March 27 The UK's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) added three individuals to its list of asset-freeze...

Amir Fadavi
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - March 20th to March 24th, 2023
Monday, March 20 Australia imposed asset-freezing sanctions on 27 individuals and 15 entities in Iran under the Australian sanction...

Amir Fadavi
Mar 20, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - March 13th to March 17th, 2023
Monday, March 13 In an administrative move, the EU Council decided to prolong the restrictive measures targeting those responsible for...

Amir Fadavi
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - March 6th to March 10th, 2023
Monday, March 6 The UK's the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation updated its UK Maritime Services Prohibition and Oil Price Cap...

Amir Fadavi
Mar 7, 20234 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - February 27th to March 3rd, 2023
Monday, February 27 The Journal of the EU published last week's Council Decision concerning the EU terrorist list. Under the EU...

Amir Fadavi
Feb 28, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - February 20th to February 24th, 2023
Monday, February 20 The EU Council imposed blocking sanctions on 32 officials and two entities in Iran, all of which are responsible and...

Amir Fadavi
Feb 20, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - February 13th to February 17th, 2023
Monday, February 13 OFSI extended general license - INT/2022/1710676 which allows the continuation of business operations involving three...

Amir Fadavi
Feb 11, 20234 min read
Last two week's major developments in sanctions - January 30th to February 10th, 2023
Monday, January 30 The EU Council adopted (or published) three sanctions-related decisions: COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/190 expanded the...

Amir Fadavi
Jan 30, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - January 23rd to January 27th, 2023
Monday, January 23 This week started with the imposition of blocking sanctions on several individuals and entities involved in human...

Amir Fadavi
Jan 23, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - January 16th to January 20th, 2023
Monday, January 16 Over the weekend and following the execution of a British-Iranian dual national by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the...

Amir Fadavi
Jan 17, 20233 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - January 9th to January 13th, 2023
Monday, January 9 OFAC replaced General License 31A with 31B under its Venezuela sanctions program. The new license limited the scope of...

Amir Fadavi
Jan 9, 20231 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - January 2nd to January 6th, 2023
Monday, January 2 There was no major development on this day. Tuesday, January 3 There was no major development on this day. Wednesday,...

Amir Fadavi
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Last week's major developments in sanctions - December 26th to December 30th, 2022
Monday, December 26 There was no major development on this day. Tuesday, December 27 There was no major development on this day....
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