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Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 · Pub. L. 111-195 · sec. 105(b)

Imposition of Sanctions on Certain Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Citizens of Iran or Their Family Members After the June 12, 2009, Elections in Iran

Not publicly verifiablePublic posting
Deadline
One-time deadline passedSept. 29, 2010
Recurrence
One-time
Duty holder
President
Recipients
Appropriate congressional committees (term defined in sec. 101 by reference to section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996)
Enacted
July 1, 2010
Location
Title I

Text shown as enacted in 2010. Later laws amended several sections.

Statutory Text

(b) List of Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Certain Human Rights Abuses.--

(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of persons who are officials of the Government of Iran or persons acting on behalf of that Government (including members of paramilitary organizations such as Ansar-e-Hezbollah and Basij-e Mostaz'afin), that the President determines, based on credible evidence, are responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of Iran or their family members on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.

(2) Updates of list.--The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an updated list under paragraph (1)--

(A) not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter; and

(B) as new information becomes available.

(3) Form of report; public availability.--

(A) Form.--The list required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.

(B) Public availability.-- The unclassified portion of the list required by paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public and posted on the websites of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State.

(4) Consideration of data from other countries and nongovernmental organizations.--In preparing the list required by paragraph (1), the President shall consider credible data already obtained by other countries and nongovernmental organizations, including organizations in Iran, that monitor the human rights abuses of the Government of Iran.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 111-195 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

  1. Enacted July 1, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-195).
  2. Text: “Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.” July 1, 2010 + 90 days = Sept. 29, 2010.
  3. As of Nov. 11, 2026: one-time deadline passed on Sept. 29, 2010.

Delivery Status

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Public Evidence

  • No public document located that shows delivery.

Evidence Searched

  • GovInfo Congressionally Mandated Reports collection: 1,209 packages listed; titles searched for Middle East terms; 55 State, Defense, Treasury and executive-office summaries checked for citations to Pub. L. 111-195 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
  • Federal Register API: phrase “Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act”: 79 document titles searched (Oct. 17, 2026)
  • MEF hand review: evidence.json, items with a link and a note on what the document shows (Oct. 17, 2026)

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Cite the provision Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-195, § 105(b), 124 Stat. 1312 (2010).

Cite this page Middle East Forum, “Imposition of Sanctions on Certain Persons Who Are Responsible for or Complicit in Human Rights Abuses Committed Against Citizens of Iran or Their Family Members After the June 12, 2009, Elections in Iran,” Owed to Congress, Nov. 11, 2026, https://bills.meforum.org/owed/m/pl111-195-s105-b.html.