<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">Good afternoon. Ensuring all have seen the update regarding interactions with Iran. </div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">Thank you,</div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">Dominica<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Cynthia J. Johnson" <<a href="mailto:cynthia.johnson@ucr.edu" target="_blank">cynthia.johnson@ucr.edu</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:research@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">research@lists.ucr.edu</a><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:04:26 -0700<br>Subject: [Research] Urgent message about interactions with Iran<br><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)">~~ Please disseminate
this information with those </span></i></b></p>

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administrators</span></i></b></p>

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may find it noteworthy ~~</span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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</span>(Apologies if you receive this email multiple times. It is an urgent
matter not related to the issue with <a href="http://sam.gov/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">SAM.gov</a>. Please distribute further.)</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i>Dear
Colleagues,</i></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i>On August
24, 2026, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a notice that
it is <a href="https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/936786/download?inline" title="https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/936786/download?inline" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">immediately
suspending several general licenses related to its Iranian Transactions
Sanctions Regulations (ITSR)</a>, including General License G and others
directly impacting education and research activities. The notice provides a
wind down period for previously authorized transactions under the effected
general licenses through September 8, 2026.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i> </i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i>As a
result, <b>all new or previously unreviewed UCR activities involving Iran,
Iranian institutions, or persons located in Iran must now be reviewed by UCR’s
Export Control Office before proceeding to ensure continued compliance</b>.
This includes research and academic collaborations, publication or
co-authorship relationships, educational activities and exchanges, conferences,
payments or support, travel, shipments, and transfers of data, software,
technology, equipment, biological materials, or other research resources.
Please direct all questions regarding this to <a href="mailto:exportcontrol@ucr.edu" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank">exportcontrol@ucr.edu</a>. </i></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Thanks for your
prompt attention to this important matter.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Rodolfo Torres</p>

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____________________________________________<br>
<b>Rodolfo H. Torres</b><br>
Vice Chancellor <br>
Research, Innovation, and Economic Development<br>
Faculty Director<br>
UC Alianza Mex<br>
Distinguished Professor<br>
Department of Mathematics<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
200 University Office Building<br>
Riverside, CA 92521</p>

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Kuali Sponsored Programs Office Hours which meets on the <b>first and third
Thursday</b> of each month from 9 – 9:30 a.m. Here is the </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">ZOOM
link to attend: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/j/91549349837?pwd=7acOMgGLk5bLVMXyHSPMSkHPTo0bhA.1&jst=2" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://ucr.zoom.us/j/91549349837?pwd=7acOMgGLk5bLVMXyHSPMSkHPTo0bhA.1&jst=2</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.</span></p>

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forward their name and email address to Cynthia Johnson at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:cynthia.johnson@ucr.edu" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">cynthia.johnson@ucr.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.<b> </b> </span></p>

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