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Publication of a Determination Issued Pursuant to Executive Order 13902.

Key claim: The Treasury Department’s sanctions office is formally publishing in the Federal Register a previously posted determination that identifies an additional economic sector that can be targeted for U.S. sanctions under a January 2020 executive order.

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(Rule · Treasury Department, Foreign Assets Control Office) The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing a sector determination pursuant to a January 10, 2020 Executive Order. The determination was previously issued on OFAC’s website.

Why this matters

EO 13902 lets Treasury designate whole sectors of Iran’s economy as sanctionable, exposing non-U.S. importers, exporters, and financial counterparties to secondary sanctions risk once a sector is named. Formal Federal Register publication of a sector determination locks in the legal notice date and puts global traders on record notice, even when the underlying determination was already posted on OFAC’s website.

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Publication of a Determination Issued Pursuant to Executive Order 13902.
Stage: final rule · federal-register · 27-aug-2026

The Treasury Department’s sanctions office is formally publishing in the Federal Register a previously posted determination that identifies an additional economic sector that can be targeted for U.S. sanctions under a January 2020 executive order.

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Relation Item Note
acts on “The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may designate additional sectors of the Iranian economy for sanctions coverage.” — Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran OFAC’s Federal Register publication of a sector determination under E.O. 13902 identifies an additional Iranian economic sector for sanctions, which is the designation authority the 2020 order assigned to Treasury.
acts on “The U.S. government will block property of persons that knowingly engage in significant transactions for the sale, supply, or transfer to or from Iran of significant goods or services used in connection with the covered sectors.” — Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran OFAC’s publication of a sector determination under E.O. 13902 identifies an additional Iranian economic sector, enabling the blocking of property of persons who engage in significant transactions involving goods or services connected to that covered sector.
acts on “It remains the policy of the United States to deny Iran all paths to a nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles and to counter Iran's malign regional influence, including by denying the Iranian government revenues from key economic sectors.” — Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran OFAC’s Federal Register publication of a sector determination under EO 13902 identifies an additional Iranian economic sector for sanctions, thereby advancing the stated policy of denying the Iranian government revenues from key sectors.
acts on “The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and take all necessary actions to carry out the purposes of the order.” — Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran OFAC’s Federal Register publication of a sector determination under the January 2020 EO is Treasury exercising the order’s grant of authority to take actions and promulgate rules to carry out the order.
acts on “All U.S. departments and agencies are directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to implement the order.” — Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran OFAC’s Federal Register publication of a sector determination under the January 10, 2020 EO is Treasury taking an authorized measure to implement that order.

External: fedreg:2026-17487

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