§8514a Imposition of sanctions with respect to the transfer of goods or technologies to Iran that are likely to be used to commit human rights abuses

Summary

The President must punish people who, on or after August 10, 2012, knowingly send or help send certain goods or technologies to Iran, Iranian entities, or Iranian nationals, or who provide services for those items after they arrive in Iran. Within 90 days after August 10, 2012, the President had to give Congress a list of such people. The rule covers transfers or services whether or not there was a contract before, on, or after that date. The covered items are ones likely to be used by Iran to commit serious human rights abuses — for example, firearms and ammunition, rubber bullets, police batons, pepper or chemical sprays, stun grenades, electroshock weapons, tear gas, water cannons, surveillance equipment, and certain sensitive technologies (defined elsewhere). The list must be unclassified (it can have a classified annex), made public, and posted on the State and Treasury Department websites. The President may remove someone from the list if the person stops the activity and gives reliable assurance they will not do it again. For anyone on the list, the President must apply the sanctions called for by the law. If the transfer or services involve Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the President must apply those sanctions and may also add other penalties allowed under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.