Financial Sanctions Notice Iran (Human Rights) 20 February 2023

Introduction 

1. The Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (the "UK Regulations") were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and provide for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons, entities or bodies involved in the commission of serious human rights violations or abuse in Iran.

2. On 20 February 2023 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions List to reflect changes to those persons designated under the UK Regulations. A link to the UK Sanctions List can be found below.

3. The Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 (the "Order"), made under the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 ("SAFL"), links to the UK Regulations.

4. Any changes to asset-freeze designations made under the UK Regulations are effective immediately by virtue of the ambulatory provisions in Jersey's sanctions legislation.

5. The UK Consolidated List has been corrected, bringing the entries in line with the UK Sanctions List.

Notice summary (Full details are provided in the Annex to this Notice) 

6. The following designation has been made and are now subject to an asset freeze:

• Parviz ABSALAN (UK Consolidated Group ID:15749)
• Musa AL-HOSSEINI (UK Consolidated Group ID: 15745)
• Hassan ASGARI (UK Consolidated Group ID: 15752)
• Morteza BARATI (UK Consolidated Group ID: 15747)
• Amanollah GARSHASBI (UK Consolidated Group ID: 15750)
• Mohammad KARAMI (UK Consolidated Group ID: 15751)
• Hadi MANSOURI (UK Consolidated Group ID: 15746)
• Mohammad Taghi ONSANLOO (UK Consolidated Group ID: 15748)

What you must do                                                

7. You must:  

• immediately check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out in the Annex to this Notice.
• freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources without prior notice and without delay.
• refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Minister for External Relations ("MER").
• report any findings to MER, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with SAFL.
• provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that MER may request. Information reported to MER may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement. 

8. Failure to comply with sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Further Information

9. Further information on sanctions can be found on the Government of Jersey website and the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) website.

10. Jersey guidance on the Iran (Human Rights) sanctions regime is available on JFSC website.

11. Copies of Jersey sanctions legislation, including the Order and SAFL, can be found on the Jersey Legal Information Board website.

12. A copy of the UK Regulations can be obtained from legislation.gov.uk and other relevant information about this regime can be found on gov.uk.

13. The UK Sanctions List.

14. The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Consolidated List.

Enquiries 

15. Non-media enquiries, sanctions compliance reporting, and licence applications should be addressed to: 

Financial Sanctions Implementation Unit

Ministry of External Relations

sanctions@gov.je

Annex to Notice

16. Full details of this amendment can be found here.