; and (B) instructed the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury to immediately begin taking steps to reimpose all United States sanctions lifted or waived in connection with the JCPOA, including those under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, and the Iran Freedom and Counterproliferation Act of 2012 . (2) Section 1245(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ( 22 U.S.C. 8513a(b) ) designated the financial sector of Iran, including the Central Bank of Iran, as a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern for purposes of section 5318A of title 31, United States Code, because of the threat to government and financial institutions resulting from the illicit activities of the Government of Iran, including its pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorism, and efforts to deceive responsible financial institutions and evade sanctions . (3) Since October 2007, the Financial Action Task Force, an intergovernmental organization that sets standards and promotes implementation of measures to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and related threats to the integrity of the international financial system, identified Iran as posing a significant vulnerability within the international financial system due to deficiencies in Iran’s antimoney laundering efforts and efforts to combat the financing of terrorism (collectively known as Iran’s AML/CFT regime). (4) On November 25, 2011, the Secretary of the Treasury issued a finding under section 5318A of title 31, United States Code, that reasonable grounds exist for concluding that Iran is a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern. (5) Since June 2016, the Financial Action Task Force has welcomed Iran’s high-level political commitment to address its strategic AML/CFT deficiencies, and its decision to seek technical assistance in the implementation of the Action Plan , but— (A) on September