Sec. 2. Findings
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The Congress finds the following: Iran is designated as the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism and a direct threat to the national security of the United States and United States allies. Iran, through its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), provides material and financial support to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Kata’ib Hezbollah, as well as to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria which is responsible for over 400,000 civilian deaths.
Iran has systematically employed its national air carrier, Iran Air, as well as numerous private and publically owned Iranian and Syrian airliners, including Mahan Air, to ferry weapons, troops, and military equipment on behalf of the IRGC and Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) to FTOs and rogue regimes around the world. On June 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Iran Air pursuant to Executive Order 13882 for providing material support and services to the IRGC, including shipping military-related equipment on behalf of the IRGC since 2006 and transporting rockets or missiles to Syria.
On January 16, 2016, Iran Air was delisted as a Specially Designated National
(SDN)by the U.S. Department of the Treasury even though Iran Air had not ceased its illicit and sanctionable activity. Iran Air remains owned and operated by the Iranian government and has, since January 16, 2016, flown numerous unscheduled flights on well-known weapons supply routes between Iran and Syria. In correspondence with U.S. Members of Congress, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has refused to confirm that Iran Air has ceased its illicit activity. In a November 23, 2016, letter to Rep. Peter Roskam, Thomas Patrick Maloney, Senior Advisor in the Office of Legislative Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Treasury wrote: The United States retains the ability to designate any individual or entity that engages in sanctionable activities under our authorities targeting conduct outside the scope of the JCPOA, including Iran’s support for terrorism, human rights abuses, ballistic missile program, and other destabilizing activities in the region. . Evidence supports that despite being removed from the Specially Designated National
(SDN)on January 16, 2016, Iran Air has since continued its illicit and sanctionable activity in support of the IRGC, MODAFL, Hezbollah, and the Bashar al-Assad regime since January 16, 2016.
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