OFAC SANCTIONS OFFICIALS OF IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR DETENTION OF US NATIONALS AS HOSTAGES IN IRAN

On 27 April, OFAC advised that it has designated 4 senior officials of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Intelligence Organisation (IRGC-IO), an entity that is being concurrently designated by the State Department for its role in the hostage-taking or wrongful detention of US nationals in Iran.  OFAC also implemented the Department of State’s designation of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), in addition to the IRGC-IO, for their involvement in the wrongful detention of US nationals abroad.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1444

https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20230427

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