82 FR 54467 - Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 221 (November 17, 2017)

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of 41 persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, and whose entries on OFAC's Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) have been amended accordingly. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of 41 persons whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Global Terrorism 
Sanctions Regulations, and whose entries on OFAC's Specially Designated 
National and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) have been amended 
accordingly. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are 
generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

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; 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.treas.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Actions

    On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the GTSR (68 FR 34196, June 6, 2003) 
to implement E.O. 13224. OFAC has amended the GTSR on several 
occasions.
    On August 2, 2017, the President signed into law the Countering 
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, Public Law 115-44, Aug. 2, 
2017, 131 Stat. 886 (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.) (CAATSA). Section 105(b) 
of CAATSA requires the President to impose the sanctions applicable 
with respect to a foreign person pursuant to the global terrorism 
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 (66 FR 49079, September 25, 
2001) (E.O. 13224) on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) 
and foreign persons that are officials, agents, or affiliates of the 
IRGC. Such sanctions must be imposed beginning on the date that is 90 
days after enactment of CAATSA, which was October 31, 2017.
    Consistent with Section 105(b) of CAATSA, OFAC designated the IRGC 
on October 13, 2017, pursuant to E.O. 13224 for providing support to 
the IRGC-Qods Force, which previously had been designated for its 
support to various terrorist groups. OFAC also issued an amendment to 
the GTSR, effective October 31, 2017, adding Sec.  594.201(a)(5) to 
Subpart B of the GTSR to include the following as persons whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the GTSR: 
Foreign persons that are identified on the SDN List maintained by OFAC 
as officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC (82 FR 50313, October 
31, 2017).
    The names of persons whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to section 594.201(a) of the GTSR are published in the 
Federal Register and incorporated into the SDN List with the identifier 
``[SDGT].'' Upon publication of the above-referenced GTSR amendment in 
the Federal Register on October 31, 2017, the following 41 persons 
became persons whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to section 594.201(a)(5) of the GTSR. Accordingly, OFAC has 
added the reference ``[SDGT]'' to their SDN List entries.

Individuals

    1. AHMADIAN, Ali Akbar (a.k.a. AHMADIYAN, Ali Akbar); DOB circa 
1961; POB Kerman, Iran; nationality Iran; citizen Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions (individual) 
[SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    2. ARAGHI, Abdollah (a.k.a. ARAQI, Abdollah; a.k.a. ARAQI, 
Abdullah; a.k.a. ERAGHI, Abdollah; a.k.a. ERAQI, Abdollah); DOB 
1945; POB Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to 
Secondary Sanctions; Lieutenant Commander, IRGC Ground Force; Deputy 
Commander, IRGC Ground Forces; Brigadier General; Former Commander, 
Greater Tehran's Mohammad Rasulollah IRGC; Former Chief, Greater 
Tehran Revolutionary Guards (individual) [SDGT] [IRGC] [IRAN-HR].
    3. FATTAH, Parviz (a.k.a. FATTAH-QAREHBAGHI, Parviz); DOB 1961; 
alt. DOB 1962; POB Urmia, Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--
Subject to Secondary Sanctions (individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    4. FORUZANDEH, Ahmed (a.k.a. FAYRUZI, Ahmad; a.k.a. FOROOZANDEH, 
Ahmad; a.k.a. FORUZANDEH, Ahmad; a.k.a. FRUZANDAH, Ahmad; a.k.a. 
``ABU AHMAD ISHAB''; a.k.a. ``ABU SHAHAB''; a.k.a. ``JAFARI''), Qods 
Force Central Headquarters, Former U.S. Embassy Compound, Tehran, 
Iran; DOB circa 1960; alt. DOB 1957; alt. DOB circa 1955; alt. DOB 
circa 1958; alt. DOB circa 1959; alt. DOB circa 1961; alt. DOB circa 
1962; alt. DOB circa 1963; POB Kermanshah, Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Brigadier 
General, Commanding Officer of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary 
Guard Corps-Qods Force Ramazan Corps; Deputy Commander of the 
Ramazan Headquarters; Chief of Staff of the Iraq Crisis Staff 
(individual) [SDGT] [IRAQ3] [IRGC].
    5. HEJAZI, Mohammad; DOB circa 1959; nationality Iran; citizen 
Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary 
Sanctions (individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    6. JAFARI, Mohammad Ali (a.k.a. JAFARI, Ali; a.k.a. JA'FARI, 
Mohammad Ali; a.k.a. JAFARI-NAJAFABADI, Mohammad Ali; a.k.a. 
``JA'FARI, Aziz''), c/o IRGC, Tehran, Iran; DOB 01 Sep 1957; POB 
Yazd, Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary 
Sanctions; Commander-in-Chief, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; 
Commander, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Major General; 
Brigadier Commander (individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR] [IRAN-
HR].
    7. NAQDI, Mohammad Reza (a.k.a. NAGHDI, Mohammad Reza; a.k.a. 
NAQDI, Muhammad; a.k.a. SHAMS, Mohammad Reza); DOB circa 1952; alt. 
DOB circa Mar 1961; alt. DOB circa Apr 1961; alt. DOB 1953; POB 
Najaf, Iraq; alt. POB Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Brigadier General and 
Commander of the IRGC Basij Resistance Force; President of the 
Organization of the Basij of the Oppressed; Chief of the 
Mobilization of the Oppressed Organization; Head of the Basij 
(individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR] [IRAN-HR].
    8. QASEMI, Rostam (a.k.a. GHASEMI MOHAMMADALI, ROSTAM), Iran; 
nationality Iran; citizen Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--
Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Passport A2463775 (Iran) 
(individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    9. REZAIE, Morteza (a.k.a. REZAI, Morteza); DOB circa 1956; 
nationality Iran; citizen Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--
Subject to Secondary Sanctions (individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    10. SAFAVI, Yahya Rahim (a.k.a. AL-SIFAWI, Yahya Rahim; a.k.a. 
RAHIM SAFAWI, Yahia; a.k.a. RAHIM-SAFAVI, Yahya; a.k.a. SAFAVI, 
Rahim; a.k.a. YAHYA RAHIM-SAFAVI, Seyyed; a.k.a. YAHYA SAFAVI, 
Sayed); DOB circa 1952; POB Esfahan, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions (individual) [SDGT] 
[NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    11. SALIMI, Hosein (a.k.a. SALAMI, Hoseyn; a.k.a. SALAMI, 
Hossein; a.k.a. SALAMI, Hussayn); nationality Iran; citizen Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; 
Passport D08531177 (Iran) (individual) [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    12. TAEB, Hossein (a.k.a. TAEB, Hassan; a.k.a. TAEB, Hosein; 
a.k.a. TAEB, Hussayn); DOB 1963; POB Tehran, Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Deputy 
Commander for Intelligence, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; 
Hojjatoleslam; Former Commander of the Basij Forces (individual) 
[SDGT] [IRGC] [IRAN-HR].

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Entities

    1. BAQIYATTALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (a.k.a. 
BAGHIATOLLAH MEDICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. BAGHYATOLLAH 
MEDICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. BAGIATOLLAH MEDICAL SCIENCES 
UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. BAQIATOLLAH MEDICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. 
BAQIYATALLAH MEDICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. BAQIYATALLAH 
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES; a.k.a. BAQYATOLLAH MEDICAL SCIENCES 
UNIVERSITY), Vanak Square, Molla-Sadra Avenue, Box number: 19945, 
Tehran, Iran; Web site http://www.bmsu.ac.ir/; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    2. BASIJ RESISTANCE FORCE (a.k.a. BASEEJ; a.k.a. BASIJ; a.k.a. 
BASIJ-E MELLI; a.k.a. MOBILIZATION OF THE OPPRESSED ORGANIZATION; 
f.k.a. SAZMAN BASIJ MELLI; a.k.a. SAZMAN-E MOGHAVEMAT-E BASIJ; 
f.k.a. VAHED-E BASIJ-E MOSTAZAFEEN; f.k.a. ``NATIONAL MOBILIZATION 
ORGANIZATION''; a.k.a. ``NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOBILIZATION''; a.k.a. 
``RESISTANCE MOBILIZATION FORCE''), Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [IRGC] [IRAN-HR].
    3. BONYAD TAAVON SEPAH (a.k.a. BONYAD-E TA'AVON-E; a.k.a. IRGC 
COOPERATIVE FOUNDATION; a.k.a. SEPAH COOPERATIVE FOUNDATION), Niayes 
Highway, Seoul Street, Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    4. DEEP OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, P.J.S., 1st Floor, Sadra 
Building, No. 3, Shafagh Street, Shahid Dadman Boulevard, Paknejad 
Boulevard, 7th Phase, Shahrake-E-Quds, Tehran, Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] 
[IRGC] [IFSR].
    5. FATER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (a.k.a. FAATER INSTITUTE; a.k.a. 
FATER ENGINEERING COMPANY; a.k.a. GHARARGAH GHAEM FAATER INSTITUTE), 
No. 25, Valiasr Jonoobi, Azizi Street, Azadi Sq. NE., Tehran, Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions 
[SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    6. GHARARGAHE SAZANDEGI GHAEM (a.k.a. GHARARGAH GHAEM), No. 25, 
Valiasr St., Azadi Sq., Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    7. GHORB KARBALA (a.k.a. GHARARGAH KARBALA; a.k.a. GHARARGAH 
SAZANDEGI KARBALA-MOASSESEH TAHA), No. 2 Firouzeh Alley, Shahid 
Hadjipour St., Resalat Highway, Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    8. GHORB NOOH, P.O. Box 16765-3476, Tehran, Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] 
[IRGC] [IFSR].
    9. HARA COMPANY (a.k.a. HARA INSTITUTE), Tehran, Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions 
[SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    10. IMAM HOSSEIN UNIVERSITY (a.k.a. EMAM HOSEYN COMPREHENSIVE 
UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. IHU; a.k.a. IMAAM HOSSEIN UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. IMAM 
HOSEYN UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. IMAM HOSSEIN UNIVERSITY COMPLEX; a.k.a. 
IMAM HUSSEIN UNIVERSITY; a.k.a. UNIVERSITY OF IMAM HOSEYN), Near 
Fourth Square, Tehran Pars, Shahid Babaie Highway, near Hakimiyeh 
and Mini-city, Tehran, Iran; Kilometer 11, Shahid Babaei Highway, 
Tehran, Iran; Web site www.ihu.ac.ir; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    11. IMENSAZEN CONSULTANT ENGINEERS INSTITUTE, No. 5/1, Niroo 
Alley, Padegan-e-Valiasr Street, Sepah Square, Tehran, Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions 
[SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    12. IRAN MARINE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, SADRA (a.k.a. IRAN MARINE 
INDUSTRIAL COMPANY SSA; a.k.a. IRAN SADRA; a.k.a. IRAN SHIP BUILDING 
CO.; a.k.a. SADRA; a.k.a. SHERKATE SANATI DARYAI IRAN), 3rd Floor 
Aftab Building, No. 3 Shafagh Street, Dadman Blvd., Phase 7, Shahrak 
Ghods, P.O. Box 14665-495, Tehran, Iran; Office E-43 Torre E-Piso 4, 
Centrao Commercial Lido Av., Francisco de Miranda, Caracas, 
Venezuela; Web site www.sadra.ir; Additional Sanctions Information--
Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    13. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AEROSPACE FORCE SELF 
SUFFICIENCY JIHAD ORGANIZATION (a.k.a. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD 
CORPS AEROSPACE FORCE RESEARCH AND SELF SUFFICIENCY JEHAD 
ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AEROSPACE 
FORCE SELF-SUFFICIENCY JEHAD ORGANIZATION), Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] 
[IRGC] [IFSR].
    14. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AIR FORCE (a.k.a. IRGC AIR 
FORCE; a.k.a. SEPAH PASDARAN AIR FORCE), Tehran, Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] 
[IRGC] [IFSR].
    15. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AL-GHADIR MISSILE COMMAND 
(a.k.a. IRGC AIR FORCE AL-GHADIR MISSILE COMMAND; a.k.a. IRGC 
MISSILE COMMAND), Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--
Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    16. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS RESEARCH AND SELF-
SUFFICIENCY JEHAD ORGANIZATION (a.k.a. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD 
CORPS RESEARCH AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY JIHAD ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. 
ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS SELF-SUFFICIENCY JEHAD 
ORGANIZATION), Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to 
Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    17. KHATAM OL ANBIA GHARARGAH SAZANDEGI NOOH (a.k.a. GHORB 
KHATAM; a.k.a. KHATAM AL-ANBYA; a.k.a. KHATAM OL AMBIA), No. 221, 
Phase 4, North Falamak-Zarafshan Intersection, Shahrak-E-Ghods, 
Tehran 14678, Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to 
Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    18. MAKIN INSTITUTE (a.k.a. MAKIN COMPANY), No. 2 Iravan St.--
Tishfoon St.--Khaje Abdol ah Ansari St.--Shariati St., Tehran, Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions 
[SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    19. MEHR BANK (a.k.a. MEHR FINANCE AND CREDIT INSTITUTE; a.k.a. 
MEHR INTEREST-FREE BANK), 204 Taleghani Ave., Tehran, Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions 
[SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    20. MEHR-E EQTESAD-E IRANIAN INVESTMENT COMPANY (a.k.a. MEHR 
EGHTESAD IRANIAN INVESTMENT COMPANY; a.k.a. MEHR IRANIAN ECONOMY 
COMPANY; a.k.a. MEHR IRANIAN ECONOMY INVESTMENTS; f.k.a. TEJARAT 
TOSE'E EQTESADI IRANIAN), No. 18, Iranian Building, 14th Alley, 
Ahmad Qassir Street, Argentina Square, Tehran, Iran; No. 48, 14th 
Alley, Ahmad Qassir Street, Argentina Square, Tehran, Iran; Web site 
www.mebank.ir; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to 
Secondary Sanctions; Business Registration Document # 103222 (Iran); 
Telephone: 982188526300; Alt. Telephone: 982188526301; Alt. 
Telephone: 982188526302; Alt. Telephone: 982188526303; Alt. 
Telephone: 9821227700019l; Fax: 982188526337; Alt. Fax: 
9221227700019 [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    21. OMRAN SAHEL, Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    22. ORIENTAL OIL KISH, Second Floor, 96/98 East Atefi St., 
Africa Blvd., Tehran, Iran; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] 
[IRGC] [IFSR].
    23. RAH SAHEL INSTITUTE, Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    24. RAHAB INSTITUTE (f.k.a. RAHSAZ INSTITUTE), Ghorb-e Ghaem 
Building, Valiasr St., Azizi Blvd., Azadi Sq., Tehran, Iran; Eastern 
14th St., Beihaghi Blvd., Arjantin Sq., Tehran, Iran; Additional 
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] 
[IRGC] [IFSR].
    25. SAHEL CONSULTANT ENGINEERS, No. 57, Eftekhar St., Larestan 
St., Motahhari Ave., Tehran, Iran; P.O. Box 16765-34, Tehran, Iran; 
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions 
[SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    26. SEPANIR OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING COMPANY (a.k.a. SEPANIR; 
a.k.a. SEPANIR ESTABLISHMENT), No. 319 Shahid Bahonar Street, 
Tehran, Iran; Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary 
Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].
    27. SEPASAD ENGINEERING COMPANY, No. 4 Corner of Shad St., 
Mollasadra Ave., Vanak Square, Tehran, Iran; Additional

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Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] 
[IRGC] [IFSR].
    28. TEHRAN GOSTARESH COMPANY, P.J.S., No. 24, 5th Alley, Khaled 
Eslamboli Street, Tehran 1513643811, Iran; Additional Sanctions 
Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions [SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] 
[IFSR].
    29. TIDEWATER MIDDLE EAST CO. (a.k.a. FARAZ ROYAL QESHM LLC; 
a.k.a. TIDE WATER COMPANY; a.k.a. TIDE WATER MIDDLE EAST MARINE 
SERVICE; a.k.a. TIDEWATER CO. (MIDDLE EAST MARINE SERVICES)), No. 
80, Tidewater Building, Vozara Street, Next to Saie Park, Tehran, 
Iran; Web site www.tidewaterco.com; Email Address 
[email protected]; alt. Email Address [email protected]; IFCA 
Determination--Port Operator; Additional Sanctions Information--
Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Business Registration Document # 
18745 (Iran); Telephone: 982188553321; Alt. Telephone: 982188554432; 
Fax: 982188717367; Alt. Fax: 982188708761; Alt. Fax: 982188708911 
[SDGT] [NPWMD] [IRGC] [IFSR].

    Dated: November 9, 2017.
John E. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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