ABOVE: Google Street View ofProtesters at Sudanese Embassy The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published today in the Federal Register a Final Rule amending the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations. The amendment permits U.S. persons to provide services…
ABOVE: Hamid BorhaniChairmain, Bank Saderat Back in March, I reported that Ali Divandari, Chairman of Iran’s Bank Mellat, suggested that the privatization of that bank might lead to the end of U.S. sanctions against it. Now Divandari’s colleague, Hamid Borhani,…
An alert reader from the U.K. pointed this out: BERR (“Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform”) which houses the United Kingdom’s Export Control Office has changed its name to BIS (“Department for Business Innovations and Skills”). I can’t imagine…
A press release from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (U.K.) supplied some further and very interesting details relating to the conviction of three UK residents (including two Iranians granted political asylum) for the attempted export to Iran of oxygen cylinders…
Firth Rixson Monroe, a specialty metals forger, recently agreed to pay $85,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to settle charges that the company exported, on three occasions, 1,055 pounds of 6-2-4-2 titanium alloy billets worth about $35,000…