North Korea Designations; Amendment to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations; Issuance of Iran-Related Frequently Asked Questions

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR) to incorporate Iran-related General License D-2 and publishing an associated List of Services, Software, and Hardware Incident to Communications, which can be found under the General Licenses and Federal Register Notices sections of the Iran Sanctions page.In addition, OFAC is publishing a new Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) 1173 and amending 26 ITSR-related FAQs. Additionally, OFAC has updated its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. OFAC has also released an unrelated technical notice about “403 errors” for users of its sanctions list data files.