Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Certain Persons With Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via Information Technology

Signed by Barack Obama on April 22, 2012.

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  title        = {{Executive Order 13606: Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Certain Persons With Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via Information Technology}},
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  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-13606}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-13606; official source: Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/04/24/2012-10034/blocking-the-property-and-suspending-entry-into-the-united-states-of-certain-persons-with-respect-to; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
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See EO 12957, March 15, 1995; EO 13338, May 11, 2004; Notice of March 2, 2026

Amended by EO 14312, June 30, 2025

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

Federal Register table of later actionsSee: EO 12957, March 15, 1995; EO 13338, May 11, 2004; Notice of March 2, 2026 Amended by: EO 14312, June 30, 2025

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