[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 79441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32312]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3513]


Bureau of Nonproliferation; Imposition of Missile Proliferation 
Sanctions Against Entities in Iran

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A determination has been made that entities in Iran have 
engaged in missile technology proliferation activities that require 
imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, as 
amended, and the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (as 
carried out under Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vann H. Van Diepen, Office of 
Chemical, Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, Bureau of 
Nonproliferation, Department of State (202-647-1142).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 73(a)(1) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)); section 11B(b)(1) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2401b(b)(1)), as 
carried out under Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994 (hereinafter 
cited as the ``Export Administration Act of 1979''); and Executive 
Order 12851 of June 11, 1993; a determination was made on November 17, 
2000, that the following foreign persons have engaged in missile 
technology proliferation activities that require the imposition of the 
sanctions described in section 73(a)(2)(B) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)(B)) and Section 11B(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2410b(b)(1)(B)(ii) on 
the following entities:
    1. Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) (Iran) and its sub-units 
and successors; and
    2. SANAM Industrial Group (Iran) and its sub-units and successors.
    Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on these 
entities:
    (A) new individual licenses for exports to the entities described 
above of items controlled pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 
1979 will be denied for two years;
    (B) new licenses for export to the entities described above of 
items controlled pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will be denied 
for two years; and
    (C) no new United States Government contracts involving the 
entities described above will be entered into for two years.
    With respect to items controlled pursuant to the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, the export sanction only applies to exports 
made pursuant to individual export licenses.
    These measures shall be implemented by the responsible agencies as 
provided in Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.

    Dated: December 4, 2000.
Robert J. Einhorn,
Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 00-32312 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am]
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