<div dir="auto"><div>Unfortunately, the United States government uses the list of those who presumably sponsor terrorism or are terrorists, an utterly spurious list, for political purposes, to label and then sanction governments or organizations that are inconvenient to its policies.</div><div dir="auto">S,</div><div dir="auto">Reynaldo</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">MSc. Reynaldo Alonso Reyes<br> Presidente de la Unión de Informáticos de Cuba en Camaguey<br> Universidad de Camaguey<br> "Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz", Camaguey, Cuba<br> Telef. (53)(32) 262810<br> (53) 52112116<br>email: <a href="mailto:ralonsoreyes@gmail.com" target="_blank">ralonsoreyes@gmail.com</a><br> <a href="mailto:reynaldo.alonso@reduc.edu.cu" target="_blank">reynaldo.alonso@reduc.edu.cu</a><br><br><br><br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El jue, 15 oct 2026, 10:35 a. m., Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu">00001e06d4af460b-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hi all</div><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Please find PIR response to our letter.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Rafik</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br><br></div><br><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none">Hello Rafik - Thank you for your letter. Public Interest Registry (PIR) is a U.S.-based organization and is required to comply with U.S. law, including
applicable sanctions. In this case, the affected .ORG domain name was identified on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Global Terrorist List. Therefore, PIR is legally mandated to suspend it. The registrant
of the domain has a right to challenge the designation determination. PIR has no involvement in that process. Should the registrant be successful in such a proceeding, the suspension would be lifted. This was not a discretionary suspension under our Anti-Abuse
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none">Regarding the referenced General License, that specific License strictly covers transactions that are "ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down
of any transaction," and because suspension of a domain name does not require any “wind-down,” this situation falls outside of the covered scope of the license. While some OFAC General Licenses permit transactions that cover “the maintenance of operations”
in their scope, this License does not. As OFAC has clarified in its guidance in other wind-down situations (<u>see</u> OFAC Frequently Asked Questions, Question 975), wind-down authorizations without this maintenance of operations coverage are not grace periods
to continue ongoing business activities but are applicable only where a transaction genuinely requires a process to unwind rather than where the service can be stopped immediately. Evidently, other service providers, including Paypal and the registrant’s bank,
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none">We are not in a position to assess the validity of, or override, OFAC’s determination of a terrorist organization. We understand the concerns, but they
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