DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND

C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 003302


STATE FOR ISN, T, NEA/IR, AND EEB/ESC/TFS JAY J. JALLORINA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2018
TAGS: KNNP KTFN PTER PREL UNSC PINR MNUC PARM EFIN
IR, GM, BA
SUBJECT: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
INDIVIDUALS, AND GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA FINANCIERS

REF: A. STATE 114408

B. STATE 113231

Classified By: Acting DCM Robert D. Griffiths, reason: 1.4 (b and d).


1. (C) On October 28 and 29, Econoff passed ref a points
(regarding the United States' designation of the Export
Development Bank of Iran and three affiliated entities under
E.O. 13382) and ref b points (regarding the UN 1267
Committee's addition of three Gulf-based Al-Qaida financiers
to its list of entities/individuals subject to targeted
sanctions) to three offices within the RTG: the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs' (MFA) International Security Unit, the
National Coordination Center for Combating Terrorism and
Transnational Crime (NCC-CTTC),and the Anti-Money Laundering
Organization (AMLO). During November 4 phone conversation in
which Econoff made the same points, Counselor for the MFA's
International Security Unit, Witchu Vejjajiva, stated the
MFA's Department for Peace and Disarmament is reviewing both
sets of points. In a similar November 4 telcon, Police
Colonel Seehanat Prayoonrat, Deputy Secretary General of
AMLO, stated AMLO will send the list of entities and
individuals from both refs a and b to the Bank of Thailand
(BOT) and commercial banks in order to facilitate the
freezing of related assets should any be identified within
Thailand. On November 5, Lieutenant General Surawach
Butrwong, Deputy Director of the NCC-CTTC stated that he
attended a November 4 meeting with the MFA at which the
reftel points were discussed; in particular, the need to
investigate whether assets owned by the listed entities and
individuals exist within Thailand. Surawach stated he would
follow-up with the Embassy should any be found.

JOHN