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Financial Institution Letter

Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons

December 3, 2008
Notes
 
Summary: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has added three new entries to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list.

Highlights:

  • On November 26, 2008, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following three entities to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list.
  • NAFTIRAN INTERTRADE CO. (NICO) SARL (a.k.a. NICO), 6, Avenue de laTour-Haldimand, Pully, VD, Switzerland 1009, Switzerland [IRAN]
  • NAFTIRAN INTERTRADE COMPANY LTD (a.k.a. NAFT IRAN INTERTRADE COMPANY LTD; a.k.a.NICO), 22 Grenville St., St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands JE4 8PX, United Kingdom; 22 Grenville St., St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands JE 4UF, United Kingdom; Petro Pars Building, Saadat Abad Ave, No 35, Farhang Blvd, Tehran, Iran [IRAN]
  • NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY (a.k.a. NIOC), Hafez Crossing, Taleghani Avenue, P.O. Box 1863 and 2501, Tehran, Iran [IRAN]
  • Please distribute this information to the appropriate personnel in your institution.
  • OFAC information also may be found on the Internet at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sanctions-programs-and-information .
  • For further information about Executive Orders, the list of blocked accounts or the procedures to block accounts, please call OFAC's Compliance Programs Division at 1- 800-540-6322.

Distribution:
FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

Suggested Routing:
Chief Executive Officer
BSA Compliance Officer

Note:
FDIC Financial Institution Letters (FILs) may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at http://www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2008/index.html .

To receive FILs electronically, please visit http://www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/fil.html .

Paper copies of FDIC FILs may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Room E 1002, Arlington, VA 22226 (1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200).



Additional Related Topics:

  • Office of Foreign Assets Control
FIL-137-2008

Last Updated: December 3, 2008