OFAC administers a number of different sanctions programs. The sanctions can be either comprehensive or selective, using the blocking of assets and trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals. Read more information about OFAC’s Sanctions Programs:
- Russia-related Sanctions
- Iran Sanctions
- North Korea Sanctions
- Cuba Sanctions
- Counter Narcotics Sanctions
- Cyber-related Sanctions
- Venezuela-related Sanctions
- Complete List of Sanctions Programs and Country Information
OFAC Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Sanctions
- General Licenses Issued by OFAC
- Civil Penalties and Enforcement Information
- Report Blocked and Rejected Transactions to OFAC
- Guidance for Specific Industries
- Sanctions Legal Library
- Other Sanctions-Related Resources
The restricted party lists not only include those obvious groups such as terrorist groups, drug trafficking groups, foreign government entities (Russia, China, Iran, North Korea), it also includes the not so obvious, such as those listed below. However this is not a comprehensive list, as these lists change frequently.
- Iman Hossein University – Iran
- Sharif University of Technology – Iran
- Shahid Beheshti University – Iran
- Malek Ashtar University of Technology – Iran
- Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology (HIAST) – Syria
- Electronics Institute – Syria
- Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences – Russia
- Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry – Russia
- Sichuan University – China
- Northwestern Polytechnical University – China
- Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) – China
- National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) – China
- University of Electronic Science and Technology – China