ABOVE: Mohammad Javad Zarif According to press reports last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif used a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation last week in Geneva to explain to U.S. and EU diplomats what Iran may do to address their concerns…
ABOVE: Omar Al-Bashir From news that appeared to break recently in the Sudanese press, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir submitted a visa application to the U.S. State Department in order for him to attend UN General Assembly meetings that begin…
On August 22nd, Patrick Campbell of Sierra Leone was arrested by ICE agents at JFK Airport and charged with violating the Iranian Transactions Regulations. Campbell’s arrest made global headlines because he concealed raw uranium inside shoes in his luggage. According…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently announced that it removed Iraq’s Elaf Islamic Bank from its Part 561 List. Elaf became noteworthy last July when it and China’s Bank of Kunlun became the first two foreign financial institutions…
OFAC this week issued a general license redefining the term “Palestinian Authority” as that term is used in three sets of U.S. sanctions regulations relating to terrorism. The change was only to add a phrase to account for Prime Minister…