The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, changing the heading of the Iranian Human Rights Sanctions Regulations to the Iranian Sector and Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations, and amending the renamed Iranian Sector and Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations to implement Executive Order 13871, “Imposing Sanctions with Respect to the Iron, Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Sectors of Iran." In connection with the issuance of these regulations, OFAC is amending several FAQs and publishing several new FAQs. These regulatory amendments are currently available for public inspection with the Federal Register and will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register on August 7, 2019.
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