Akrivis Law Group has once again made The New York Times. The daily mentioned the firm and quoted partner Farhad Alavi with respect to an article discussing the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) issuance yesterday of General License E and General License F for Iran. These two general licenses allow a host of humanitarian activities in Iran and athletic exchanges between the two countries, respectively. This article, titled U.S. Eases Sanctions to Allow Good-Will Exchanges with Iran, can be read here.
The issuance of the licenses comes soon after the matter of Iranian tennis referee Adel Borghei, who was invited to referee at the U.S. Open in New York, only later to have that offer rescinded. Akrivis Law Group and another prominent firm took Mr. Borghei’s case pro bono and secured the proper OFAC license allowing him to carry out his duties at the Open, one of the main grand slam tournaments. His matter was the subject two New York Times articles, both of which quote Mr. Alavi. The more recent article can be read here.
Mr. Alavi is quoted as to how OFAC’s issuance of the general licenses follows after Mr. Borghei’s case.
Mr. Alavi can be contacted at falavi@akrivislaw.com or 202.686.4859. Other inquiries may be made to our firm Administrator at 202.730.1271.
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is a boutique law firm based in Washington, DC. Its practice areas includes a strong focus on U.S. sanctions laws and trade law compliance.