Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§8752 Clarification of Sensitive Technologies for Purposes of Procurement Ban Under Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
Title 22 › Chapter 94— IRAN THREAT REDUCTION AND SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS › Subchapter IV— MEASURES TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS › § 8752
Summary
Within 90 days after August 10, 2012, the Secretary must publish in the Federal Register rules defining "sensitive technology" for Iran sanctions, focusing on jamming, monitoring, and surveillance of mobile and internet. The Secretary must identify tech Iran can use to block or spy on communications, may add it, and must review yearly.
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Title 22, §8752
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The Secretary of State shall—
(1)not later than 90 days after August 10, 2012, issue guidelines to further describe the technologies that may be considered “sensitive technology” for purposes of section 106 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8515), with special attention to new forms of sophisticated jamming, monitoring, and surveillance technology relating to mobile telecommunications and the Internet, and publish those guidelines in the Federal Register;
(2)determine the types of technologies that enable any indigenous capabilities that Iran has to disrupt and monitor information and communications in that country, and consider adding descriptions of those items to the guidelines; and
(3)periodically review, but in no case less than once each year, the guidelines and, if necessary, amend the guidelines on the basis of technological developments and new information regarding transfers of technologies to Iran and the development of Iran’s indigenous capabilities to disrupt and monitor information and communications in Iran.
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22 U.S.C. § 8752
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60