Treasury Department: Executive Order 13599 Designation (04JUN13)

David Scantling filed this request with the Department of Treasury of the United States of America.
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From: David Scantling

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request for a Mandatory Declassification Review ("MDR") per Section 3.5 of Executive Order ("E.O.") 13526. I hereby request the following records:

1) The reports, and supporting documentation, produced by the United States Department of the Treasury's ("Treasury") Office of Intelligence and Analysis ("OIA") in preparation for the designation of the following entities, pursuant to E.O. 13599, on June 4, 2013 (hereafter "Iranian Entities"):

1.1) Iranian Entities

1.1.1) AMIN INVESTMENT BANK (a.k.a. AMINIB), Tehran, Iran
1.1.2) BEHSAZ KASHANE TEHRAN CONSTRUCTION CO. (a.k.a. BEHSAZ KASHANEH CO.), Tehran, Iran 1.1.3) COMMERCIAL PARS OIL CO., Tehran, Iran
1.1.4) CYLINDER SYSTEM L.T.D. (a.k.a. CILINDER SISTEM D.O.O.; a.k.a. CILINDER SISTEM D.O.O. ZA PROIZVODNJU I USLUGE), Slavonski Brod, Croatia
1.1.5) EXECUTION OF IMAM KHOMEINI'S ORDER (a.k.a. EIKO; a.k.a. SETAD; a.k.a. SETAD EJRAEI EMAM; a.k.a. SETAD-E EJRAEI-E FARMAN-E HAZRAT-E EMAM; a.k.a. SETAD-E FARMAN-EJRAEI-YE EMAM), Tehran, Iran
1.1.6) GHADIR INVESTMENT COMPANY, Tehran, Iran
1.1.7) GHAED BASSIR PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY (a.k.a. GHAED BASSIR), Tehran, Iran
1.1.8) GOLDEN RESOURCES TRADING COMPANY L.L.C. (a.k.a. "GRTC"), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1.1.9) HORMOZ OIL REFINING COMPANY, Bandar Abbas City, Iran
1.1.10) IRAN & SHARGH COMPANY (a.k.a. IRAN AND EAST COMPANY; a.k.a. IRAN AND SHARGH COMPANY; a.k.a. IRANOSHARGH COMPANY; a.k.a. SHERKAT-E IRAN VA SHARGH), Tehran, Iran
1.1.11) IRAN & SHARGH LEASING COMPANY (a.k.a. IRAN AND EAST LEASING COMPANY; a.k.a. IRAN AND SHARGH LEASING COMPANY; a.k.a. SHERKAT-E LIZING-E IRAN VA SHARGH), Tehran, Iran
1.1.12) MARJAN PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY (a.k.a. MARJAN METHANOL COMPANY), Tehran, Iran
1.1.13) MCS ENGINEERING (a.k.a. EFFICIENT PROVIDER SERVICES GMBH), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
1.1.14) MCS INTERNATIONAL GMBH (a.k.a. MANNESMAN CYLINDER SYSTEMS; a.k.a. MCS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
1.1.15) MELLAT INSURANCE COMPANY, Tehran, Iran
1.1.16) MODABER (a.k.a. MODABER INVESTMENT COMPANY; a.k.a. TADBIR INDUSTRIAL HOLDING COMPANY), Tehran, Iran
1.1.17) OIL INDUSTRY INVESTMENT COMPANY (a.k.a. "O.I.I.C."), Tehran, Iran
1.1.18) OMID REY CIVIL & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (a.k.a. OMID DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION; a.k.a. OMID REY CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; a.k.a. OMID REY RENOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT CO.), Tehran, Iran
1.1.19) ONE CLASS PROPERTIES (PTY) LTD. (a.k.a. ONE CLASS INCORPORATED), Cape Town, South Africa
1.1.20) ONE VISION INVESTMENTS 5 (PTY) LTD. (a.k.a. ONE VISION 5), Cape Town, South Africa
1.1.21) PARDIS INVESTMENT COMPANY (a.k.a. SHERKAT-E SARMAYEGOZARI-E PARDIS), Tehran, Iran
1.1.22) PARS MCS (a.k.a. PARS MCS CO.; a.k.a. PARS MCS COMPANY), Tehran, Iran
1.1.23) PARS OIL CO. (a.k.a. PARS OIL; a.k.a. SHERKAT NAFT PARS SAHAMI AAM), Tehran, Iran
1.1.24) PERSIA OIL & GAS INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CO. (a.k.a. PERSIA OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CO.; a.k.a. TOSE SANAT-E NAFT VA GAS PERSIA), Tehran, Iran
1.1.25) POLYNAR COMPANY, Tehran, Iran
1.1.26) REY INVESTMENT COMPANY, Tehran, Iran
1.1.27) REY NIRU ENGINEERING COMPANY (a.k.a. REY NIROO ENGINEERING COMPANY), Tehran, Iran
1.1.28) REYCO GMBH. (a.k.a. REYCO GMBH GERMANY), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
1.1.29) RISHMAK PRODUCTIVE & EXPORTS COMPANY (a.k.a. RISHMAK COMPANY; a.k.a. RISHMAK EXPORT AND MANUFACTURING P.J.S.; a.k.a. RISHMAK PRODUCTION AND EXPORT COMPANY; a.k.a. RISHMAK PRODUCTIVE AND EXPORTS COMPANY; a.k.a. SHERKAT-E TOLID VA SADERAT-E RISHMAK), Shiraz, Iran
1.1.30) ROYAL ARYA CO. (a.k.a. ARIA ROYAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY), Tehran, Iran
1.1.31) SADAF PETROCHEMICAL ASSALUYEH COMPANY (a.k.a. SADAF ASALUYEH CO.; a.k.a. SADAF CHEMICAL ASALUYEH COMPANY; a.k.a. SADAF PETROCHEMICAL ASSALUYEH INVESTMENT SERVICE), Assaluyeh, Iran
1.1.32) SADAF PETROCHEMICAL ASSALUYEH COMPANY (a.k.a. SADAF ASALUYEH CO.; a.k.a. SADAF CHEMICAL ASALUYEH COMPANY; a.k.a. SADAF PETROCHEMICAL ASSALUYEH INVESTMENT SERVICE), South Pars Special Economy/Energy Zone, Iran
1.1.33) TADBIR BROKERAGE COMPANY (a.k.a. SHERKAT-E KARGOZARI-E TADBIRGARAN-E FARDA; a.k.a. TADBIRGARAN FARDA BROKERAGE COMPANY; a.k.a. TADBIRGARAN-E FARDA BROKERAGE COMPANY; a.k.a. TADBIRGARANE FARDA MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CO.), Tehran, Iran
1.1.34) TADBIR CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (a.k.a. GORUH-E TOSE-E SAKHTEMAN-E TADBIR; a.k.a. TADBIR BUILDING EXPANSION GROUP; a.k.a. TADBIR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GROUP), Tehran, Iran
1.1.35) TADBIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP (a.k.a. TADBIR GROUP), Tehran, Iran
1.1.36) TADBIR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP CO., Tehran, Iran
1.1.37) TADBIR INVESTMENT COMPANY, Tehran, Iran
1.1.38) TOSEE EQTESAD AYANDEHSAZAN COMPANY (a.k.a. TEACO; a.k.a. TOSEE EGHTESAD AYANDEHSAZAN COMPANY), Tehran, Iran
1.1.39) ZARIN RAFSANJAN CEMENT COMPANY (a.k.a. RAFSANJAN CEMENT COMPANY; a.k.a. ZARRIN RAFSANJAN CEMENT COMPANY), Tehran, Iran

1.2) Note: The June 4, 2013, press release regarding the designation of the Iranian Entities, pursuant to E.O. 13599, is available on the Treasury web-site at: http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl1968.aspx

1.3) Note: The June 4, 2013, designation regarding the Iranian Entities, pursuant to E.O. 13599, was published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2013, and is available at: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/06/21/2013-14828/identification-of-entities-pursuant-to-the-iranian-transactions-and-sanctions-regulations-and

1.4) Note: A link chart regarding the Iranian Entities is available on the Treasury web-site at: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/eiko_chart.pdf

2) The reports, and supporting documentation, produced by Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FINCEN") in preparation for the designation of the Iranian Entities, pursuant to E.O. 13599, on June 4, 2013.

3) The reports, and supporting documentation, produced by Treasury's Terrorist Finance Tracking Program ("TFTP") in preparation for the designation of the Iranian Entities, pursuant to E.O. 13599, on June 4, 2013.

4) The reports, and supporting documentation, produced by Treasury's Iraq Threat Finance Cell ("ITFC"), Baghdad, Iraq, in preparation for the designation of the Iranian Entities, pursuant to E.O. 13599, on June 4, 2013.

5) The reports, and supporting documentation, produced by Treasury's Afghan Threat Finance Cell ("ATFC"), Kabul, Afghanistan, in preparation for the designation of the Iranian Entities, pursuant to E.O. 13599, on June 4, 2013.

6) All electronic mail ("e-mail") messages, including any document attachments (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, etc.), sent between Treasury and the following organizations via the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System ("JWICS"), the National Security Agency Network ("NSANET"), the National Reconnaissance Office Management Information System ("NMIS"), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Network ("NGANET"), the Capitol Network ("CAPNET"), the Sensitive Compartmented Information Operations Network ("SCION"), the Intelligence and Research Information Support System ("INRISS"), the Stone Ghost ("STONEGHOST") network, the Secure Internet Protocol Router Network ("SIPRNET"), and/or other secure government networks, in preparation for Treasury's designation of the Iranian Entities, pursuant to E.O. 13599, on June 4, 2013:

6.1) Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA")
6.2) National Security Agency ("NSA")
6.3) Defense Intelligence Agency ("DIA")
6.4) Office of the Secretary of Defense ("OSD")
6.5) Joint Chiefs of Staff ("JCS")
6.6) United States Central Command ("USCENTCOM")
6.7) United States European Command ("USEUCOM")
6.8) United States Special Operations Command ("USSOCOM")
6.9) United States Pacific Command ("USPACOM")
6.10) United States Southern Command ("USSOUTHCOM")
6.11) United States Strategic Command ("USSTRATCOM")
6.12) United States Cyber Command ("USCYBERCOM")
6.13) North Atlantic Treaty Organization ("NATO")
6.14) International Security Assistance Force ("ISAF")
6.15) Multi National Force-Iraq ("MNF-I")
6.16) Iraq Threat Finance Cell ("ITFC")
6.17) Afghan Threat Finance Cell ("ATFC")
6.18) United States Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency ("AFISRA")
6.19) National Air and Space Intelligence Center ("NASIC")
6.20) Joint Special Operations Command ("JSOC")
6.21) United States Army Intelligence and Security Command ("INSCOM")
6.22) National Ground Intelligence Center ("NGIC")
6.23) United States Marine Corps Intelligence Activity ("MCIA")
6.24) Underground Facilities Analysis Center ("UFAC")
6.25) United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence ("ONI")
6.26) United States Department of State ("DoS")
6.27) United States Department of Homeland Security ("DHS")
6.28) United States Department of Justice ("DoJ")
6.29) United States Department of Energy ("DoE")
6.30) Office of the Director of National Intelligence ("ODNI")
6.31) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ("NGA")
6.32) National Reconnaissance Office ("NRO")
6.33) Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("DTRA")
6.34) Joint Improvised Explosive Devise Defeat Organization ("JIEDDO")
6.35) Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI")
6.36) United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA")
6.37) United States National Security Council ("NSC")
6.38) United States House of Representatives ("House")
6.39) United States Senate ("Senate")
6.40) Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ("AUSTRAC")
6.41) Australian Signals Directorate ("ASD"); formerly the Defense Signals Directorate ("DSD")
6.42) Australian Secret Intelligence Service ("ASIS")
6.43) Australian Security Intelligence Organization ("ASIO")
6.44) Canadian Financial Transactions and Reports Centre ("FINTRAC")
6.45) Canadian Communications Security Establishment ("CSE")
6.46) Canadian Security Intelligence Security Service ("CSIS")
6.47) Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("RCMP")
6.48) United Kingdom Financial Intelligence Unit ("UKFIU")
6.49) United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters ("GCHQ")
6.50) United Kingdom Secret Intelligence Service ("MI6")
6.51) United Kingdom Security Service ("MI5")

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In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

David Scantling

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