[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR535.217]

[Page 655]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 535_IRANIAN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Prohibitions
 
Sec. 535.217  Blocking of property of the former Shah of Iran and of 
certain other Iranian nationals.

    (a) For the purpose of protecting the rights of litigants in courts 
within the United States, all property and assets located in the United 
States in the control of the estate of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the former 
Shah of Iran, or any close relative of the former Shah served as a 
defendant in litigation in such courts brought by Iran seeking the 
return of property alleged to belong to Iran, is blocked as to each such 
estate or person, until all such litigation against such estate or 
person is finally terminated. This provision shall apply only to such 
estate or persons as to which Iran has furnished proof of service to the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control and which the Office has identified in 
paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) [No persons presently listed].
    (c) The effective date of this section is January 19, 1981, except 
as otherwise specified after the name of a person identified in 
paragraph (b) of this section.

(Secs. 201-207, 91 Stat. 1626, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706; E.O. 12170, 44 FR 
65729; E.O. 12205, 45 FR 24099; E.O. 12211, 45 FR 26685; E.O. 12276, 46 
FR 7913; E.O. 12279, 46 FR 7919; E.O. 12280, 46 FR 7921; E.O. 12281, 46 
FR 7923; E.O. 12282, 46 FR 7925; E.O. 12283, 46 FR 7927, and E.O. 12294, 
46 FR 14111)

[46 FR 26478, May 13, 1981, as amended at 61 FR 8216, Mar. 4, 1996; 61 
FR 15382, Apr. 8, 1996]