Sec. 5. Application of sanctions regarding Mahan Air
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Subtitle B of title III of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–158 ; 126 Stat. 1247), as amended by section 4, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Congress finds the following: Mahan Air was added on October 12, 2011, to the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, freezing its assets under United States jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with United States parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13224 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism), which targets terrorists and their supporters.
Executive Order 13224 imposes sanctions on persons determined to have committed acts of terrorism and persons that assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of … acts of terrorism . In announcing additional sanctions against Mahan Air on March 24, 2016, the Department of the Treasury stated that Based in Tehran, Iran, Mahan Air has facilitated [Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps—Qods Force] transportation and arms and funds shipments.
Mahan Air also continues to support the Iranian government’s destabilizing actions in the region by conducting flights to Syria in order to transport fighters. Mahan Air regularly uses the same aircraft it flies to Syria to fly commercial passenger routes to international destinations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. . Mahan Air reportedly serves the following destinations in Iran: Abadan Airport, Ahvaz International Airport, Ardabil Airport, Persian Gulf Airport, Bandar Abbas International Airport, Birjand International Airport, Bojnord International Airport, Iranshahr Airport, Isfahan International Airport, Kalaleh Airport, Kerman Airport, Shahid Ashrafi Esffahani Airport, Khorramabad Airport, Kish Airport, Larestan International Airport, Mashhad International Airport, Queshm International Airport, Sahahdaj Airport, Dasht-e Naz Airport, Shiraz International Airport, Sirjan Airport, Tabriz International Airport, Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Mehrabad International Airport, Zabol Airport, Zahedan International Airport, and Zanjan Airport.
Iranian state-owned enterprises, including the Iran Airports Company, which is the holding and operating company for civilian airports in Iran, reportedly facilitate Mahan Air’s operations. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act , the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on any activities of Iranian state-owned enterprises that engage in activities subject to sanctions under Executive Order 13224.
The determination required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. . The table of contents for the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, as amended by section 4, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 314 the following: Sec. 315. Application of sanctions regarding Mahan Air. .
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Application of sanctions regarding Mahan Air
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-158
Stat.126 Stat. 1247
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