[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 31, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 31CFR535.217]



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                  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]



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