DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER

UNCLAS ATHENS 001725 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IR KNNP EFIN PARM GR SUBJECT: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 -- POINTS DELIVERED REF: SECSTATE 133198 ¶1. (U) On December 29, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. They indicated that they will pass on this information to relevant offices within their institutions (which in turn will pass on the information to entities under their supervision, such as private banks),but had no substantive reply at this time. Post will continue to engage with the GoG on these issues and will report any significant developments. SPECKHARD