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Cablegate: Rokg On Designation of Iranian Entities
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FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2204
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SEOUL 002160
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN, T, TREASURY, NEA/IR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC IR GM EFIN KS
SUBJECT: ROKG ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
REF: STATE 114408
(SBU) On October 29 Econoff met with First Secretary Sang
Soo Lee in MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division
to deliver demarche on U.S. designation of the Export
Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and three of its affiliates
under E.O. 13382 (reftel). Lee responded that he would
notify relevant authorities in the Ministry of Strategy and
Finance and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and advise
Econoff if any action was taken with respect to the
designations. (In a separate meeting on November 4, Lee
commented that he was still waiting for the response; Post
will follow up.)
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