Cablegate: Seoul Response: Designation of Additional Iranian

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DE RUEHUL #1456 2050437
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 230437Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0942
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY

UNCLAS SEOUL 001456

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

STATE FOR ISN/CPI, NEA/IR, T, EAP/K
TREASURY FOR OFAC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP IR PARM KS EFIN
SUBJECT: SEOUL RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382

REF: STATE 1982113

(SBU) On July 23, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Deputy Division
Director Lee Sang-soo informed Econoff that the ROKG had
recently designated the Iranian entities listed in reftel.
Lee added that the Ministry of Strategy and Finance monitors
USG terrorist finance designations via the internet on a
daily basis and had designated these particular entities two
days after the fact sheet was posted on the State Department
web-site.
VERSHBOW

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