Rules and Regulations. Publication of a web general license

Agency: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury
Action: Publication of a web general license
Citation: FR Doc. 2025-19120

Summary

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing a general license (GL) issued in the Iranian sanctions program: GL R. This GL was previously made available on OFAC's website upon its issuance.

Dates

GL R was issued on July 30, 2025. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional relevant dates.

Supplementary Information

Electronic Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov/. Background On July 30, 2025, OFAC issued GL R to authorize certain transactions otherwise prohibited by Executive Order 13902 of January 10, 2020 (“Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran,” 85 FR 2003, January 14, 2020). GL R was made available on OFAC's website ( https://ofac.treasury.gov ) when it was issued. The text of this GL is provided below. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order 13902 of January 10, 2020 Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran GENERAL LICENSE R Authorizing Limited Safety and Environmental Transactions and the Offloading of Cargo Involving Certain Persons or Vessels Blocked on July 30, 2025 (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 13902 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to one or more of the following activities involving the blocked vessels or blocked persons listed in the Annex to this general license, and any entity in which those blocked persons own, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent or greater interest, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, October 1, 2025, provided that any payment to a blocked person must be made into a blocked interest-bearing account located in the United States: (1) The safe docking and anchoring in, and departure from, any port, excluding ports located in Iran or the Russian Federation, or under the control of the Government of Iran or the Government of the Russian Federation, of the blocked vessels listed in the Annex to this general license (the “Blocked Vessels”); (2) The preservation of the health or safety of the crew of any of the Blocked Vessels; (3) Emergency repairs of any of the Blocked Vessels or environmental mitigation or protection activities relating to any of the Blocked Vessels; or (4) The delivery and offloading of cargo involving the Blocked Vessels, provided that the cargo was loaded on or before July 30, 2025 and that the delivery and offloading of cargo does not occur at any port located in Iran or the Russian Federation or under the control of the Government of Iran or the Government of the Russian Federation. Note 1 to paragraph (a). The authorization in paragraph (a) of this general license includes services such as vessel management, crewing, bunkering, piloting, registration, flagging, insurance, classification, and salvage. (b) This general license does not authorize: (1) The entry into any new commercial contracts involving the property or interests in property of any blocked persons, including the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general license, except as authorized by paragraph (a); or (2) Any transactions or activities prohibited by E.O. 13902, except as authorized by paragraph (a) of this general license, or any transaction or activity prohibited by any other E.O. or any part of 31 CFR chapter V, including any transaction or activity involving Iran, the Government of Iran, or Iranian-origin goods or services that is prohibited by the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR part 560). Lawrence M. Scheinert, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Dated: July 30, 2025. Annex—Blocked Persons and Vessels Described in Paragraph (a) of General License R List of Blocked Persons and Blocked Vessels Described in Paragraph (a) of General License R as of July 30, 2025: Blocked person Blocked vessel name IMO No. Marvise SMC DMCC ALE 9303754 Marvise SMC DMCC BERTIE 9241487 Marvise SMC DMCC BIGLI 9307047 Marvise SMC DMCC HAKUNA MATATA 9354167 Marvise SMC DMCC LIDIA 9330501 Marvise SMC DMCC MOANA 9292151 Marvise SMC DMCC PINOCCHIO 9400112 Marvise SMC DMCC PUMBA 9302566 Marvise SMC DMCC RANTANPLAN 9307023 Marvise SMC DMCC SIMBA 9719862 Marvise SMC DMCC STAR 9436484 Marvise SMC DMCC TEX 9246322 Marvise SMC DMCC TIMON 9415844 Marvise SMC DMCC YOGI 9307009 Marvise SMC DMCC ZAGOR 9313242 Reel Shipping L.L.C ACE 9228538 Reel Shipping L.L.C AEOLUS 9088524 Reel Shipping L.L.C CERUS 9259408 Reel Shipping L.L.C DHANU 9122473 Reel Shipping L.L.C GAUJA 9348493 Reel Shipping L.L.C ROB 9236652 Reel Shipping L.L.C TB ANPING 9237084 Bradley T. Smith, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2025-19120 Filed 9-30-25; 8:45 am]