Frequently Asked Questions

… academic institutions, including their contractors, to export services to students located in Iran, or located outside of Iran but who are ordinarily resident in Iran (“Iranian students”), to sign up for and participate in certain undergraduate… Read more

… allow sanctions based on transactions for the sale of food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran. Payments related to the export of broader humanitarian items would be dealt with in our … from sanctioning foreign financial institutions that receive funds from the Central Bank of… Read more

… export the smartphones from its third-country manufacturing facility directly or indirectly to Iran.  See FAQs 1087–1089 and 1110 . Date Updated: May 16, 2024 … May a non-U.S. person export, reexport, or provide to Iran hardware or software that is subject to… Read more

… that allow for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, and medical devices to Iran by U.S. and non-U.S. persons (see, e.g., FAQ 637 ). However, these authorizations and … that knowingly engage in certain transactions with IRISL or E-Sail, even for the sale to… Read more

… these authorities is that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) exception in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (TRA) section 312 is limited to transactions or financial services for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran… Read more

… deal with an Executive Order 13608-listed person so long as the dealing does not involve Iran or Syria? … deal with an Executive Order 13608-listed person so long as the dealing does not involve Iran or Syria? …

… U.S. sanctions on Iran do not impose any restrictions as to the use of the Farsi language. See FAQ 337 . Date … U.S. sanctions on Iran do not impose any restrictions as to the use of the Farsi language. See FAQ 337 . Date …

… could assist in or enable serious human rights abuses by or on behalf of the Government of Iran or the Government of Syria; or (2) to have sold, leased, or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, goods, services, or technology to Iran or Syria likely to be… Read more

… Defense Authorization Act) repeal or amend Section 104(c) of CISADA (the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act)? … Defense Authorization Act) repeal or amend Section 104(c) of CISADA (the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability,… Read more

… Act” (Public Law 115-44) ( CAATSA ), which, among other things, imposes new sanctions on Iran. Section 105 of CAATSA requires the imposition of sanctions applicable pursuant to the global terrorism Executive Order 13224 on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps… Read more