Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

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#  Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

**AGENCY:**

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

**ACTION:**

Notice.

**SUMMARY:**

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is removing the name of one individual whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to an executive order issued on January 23, 1995, titled “Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process,” from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List).

**DATES:**

See *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* section for effective date.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

OFAC: Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel. 202-622-4855; or the Department of the Treasury's Office of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202-622-2410.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

**Electronic Availability**

The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available on OFAC's Web site ( *www.treasury.gov/ofac* ).

**Notice of OFAC Action**

The following person is removed from the SDN List, effective as of November 21, 2017.

**Individual**

1. QASEM, Talat Fouad; DOB 02 Jun 1957; alt. DOB 03 Jun 1957; POB Al Mina, Egypt; Propaganda Leader of ISLAMIC GAMA'AT (individual) [SDT].

Dated: November 21, 2017.

John E. Smith,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.