Sec. 102. Sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection
(b)with respect to the following individuals: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Each member of the Iranian Supreme Leader’s Office. Any person appointed by the Supreme Leader of Iran or the Supreme Leader’s Office to a position as— a state official of Iran; as the head of an entity located in Iran; or as the head of an entity located outside of Iran that is owned or controlled by one or more entities in Iran. Any person appointed to a position described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph
(3)by a person described in paragraph (3). Any person the President determines has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section. Any person the President determines is owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section. Any person the President determines conducts a significant transaction or transactions with, or provides material support to or for anyone described in paragraphs
(1)through (6). Any person who is a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section. The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: The President shall exercise all of the powers granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of the foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. An alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason to believe, has knowingly engaged in any activity described in subsection (a)(2) is— inadmissible to the United States; ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ). The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1201(i) ), revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien described in clause
(i)regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is issued. A revocation under subclause
(I)shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. The sanctions described under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations. The sanctions described under paragraph (1)(A) shall not apply with respect to property and interests in property of the Government of Iran that were blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12170 of November 14, 1979 (Blocking Iranian Government Property), and thereafter made subject to the transfer directives set forth in Executive Order 12281 of January 19, 1981 (Direction to Transfer Certain Iranian Government Assets), and any implementing regulations with respect to such Executive Order 12281. The sanctions described under paragraph (1)(B) and (1)(A) shall not apply with respect to any person for conducting or facilitating a transaction for the provision (including any sale) of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran. The penalties provided for in subsections
(b)and
(c)of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1705 ) shall apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations promulgated to carry out this section or the sanctions imposed pursuant to this section to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. Sanctions imposed in accordance with this section may be terminated or may be waived with respect to a foreign person if the President submits the certification required in section 8 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) as amended by this Act.
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