OFAC

OFAC used Executive Order 13902 on 8 September to blacklist 27 Iranian airlines plus nine overseas intermediaries. It suspended General Licence J-1 and issued General Licence DD for firms unwinding temporary aircraft-sojourn dealings.

On 10 September, its licensing division began presuming denial of Iran-specific applications, retaining only legally compelled approvals and safety cases involving life, limb or the environment. For OFAC, the combined measures narrowed a prior exception regime while setting defined exit routes for outstanding aviation business.

On 4 September, OFAC designated Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi and two affiliates, alleging links to transactions for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force and correspondent-banking access. General Licence CC gave counterparties until 19 September to unwind existing business.

OFAC's action turned an alleged financing route into a compliance Deadline for the bureau's counterparties. On 8 September, Golden Global closed three funds to new subscriptions after saying they were legally separate from its sanctioned parent bank. The case shows how an OFAC designation can reach beyond the named institution into related financial products.

On 3 September, OFAC designated Cuba's state trade-finance bank, four fuel and mining traders, and Fidel Ernesto Castro Calis. It issued General Licence 4A on the same day, easing an embassy carve-out.

That pairing shows the bureau can distinguish between targets and permitted dealings inside one programme. On 20 August, OFAC directly designated Cuba's Ministry of Construction alongside the nickel-mining monopoly and two trading firms. From OFAC's perspective, the campaign extends its target set from commercial companies into state institutions and their intermediaries.