THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (1), and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,

Whereas:

1. On 23 March 2012, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
2. By its judgments of 3 July 2014 in Cases T-155/13, T-157/13 and T-181/13 (2), the General Court of the European Union annulled the Council's decision to include Babak Zanjani, Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers, and Sharif University of Technology, respectively, on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012.
3. Babak Zanjani, Sorinet Commercial Trust Bankers, and Sharif University of Technology should be included again on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures, on the basis of a new statement of reasons.
4. The Council considers that the reasons for the listing of one entity as set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended.
5. The identifying information in relation to four entities on the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended.
6. Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 should be amended accordingly,

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