DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS

UNCLAS ANKARA 002756 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS ISN/CPI ANTHONY RUGGIERO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KNNP PREL PARM EFIN SUBJECT: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDER U.S. EXECUTIVE ORDERS REF: SECSTATE 148605 ¶1. Per reftel we met with and advised all relevant parties in the Turkish Government to inform them of these designations. Those contacts are Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Iranian Affairs, Babur Hizlan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security Affairs, Sakir Torunlar, Chairman of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA),Tevfik Bilgin, and President of MASAK, Genc Osman Yarasli. MASAK is Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit. All parties expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us in the future as appropriate. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ WILSON