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The Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan approved a set of additional measures, including a freeze on the assets of 40 organizations and an individual involved in nuclear and missile development programs.  First East Export Bank, an affiliate of Iran’s state-owned Bank Mellat, as well as Javad Rahiqi, who heads the Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, were named in the list released by the government of those subject to the asset freeze.