OFAC Blocks Syria Security Forces, Iran National Police, Etc.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated one of the four major branches of Syria’s security forces, the Syrian Political Security Directorate, for engaging in the commission of human rights abuses in Syria, as well as Iran’s national police…
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for providing support to the Syrian regime, pursuant to Executive Orders 13572 and 13573. OFAC has also designated Major General Jamil Hassan of Syria pursuant to EO 13573. As a result, U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with the designees and any assets they may have subject to U.S. jurisdiction are frozen. OFAC has also updated its Specially Designated Nationals list to include these designations.