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OFAC Warns That Foreign Financial Institutions Face Targeting under Iran Sanctions Without Being Provided Advance Notice

Baker McKenzie Sanctions & Export Controls Blog Trade press Published 12th October 2026 Global

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<p>On October 5, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published an alert (the “Alert”) warning that foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”) that continue to transact with sanctioned Iranian financial institutions “could be targeted at any time without advance notification.” OFAC also amended Iran-related FAQ 156 to remove earlier language [...]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/ofac-warns-that-foreign-financial-institutions-face-targeting-under-iran-sanctions-without-being-provided-advance-notice/">OFAC Warns That Foreign Financial Institutions Face Targeting under Iran Sanctions Without Being Provided Advance Notice</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com">Global Sanctions and Export Controls Blog</a>.</p>

Publication: Baker McKenzie Sanctions & Export Controls Blog · Trade Publication
Published: 12th October 2026
Original report: sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com

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Category: Regulation & Trade
Geography: Global
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 12th October 2026 · 18:25

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Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (36.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (21.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (26.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.