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OFAC Sanctions Iran's Minister of Information and Communications Technology

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran’s minister of Information and Communications Technology, Treasury said in a Nov. 22 press release. Azari Jahromi is in charge of a ministry that restricts the country’s internet…

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use and blocked it for several days in November in the wake of anti-regime protests, Treasury said. The ministry also restricts “popular communication platforms,” Treasury said, and Azari Jahromi played a role in launching Iran’s National Information Network, which helps the government “monitor, restrict, and completely block internet usage.”