A chronology of 15 years of US sanctions against Iraqi individuals and entities
A chronology of 15 years of US sanctions against Iraqi individuals and entities
2-15-2024
The 964 Network conducted a review of the history of US sanctions imposed on Iraqi banks, companies, individuals and entities, against the backdrop of dealing with Iranian institutions.
The network listed the penalties according to their chronological sequence, as follows:
July 2009 , the US State Department included the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades on the terrorist list.
August 2012, the United States imposed economic sanctions against the Iraqi Islamic Bank “Elaf”, and placed it on the blacklist on charges of participating in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through dealing with the Iranian Development Bank. In 2013, the sanction was lifted on the bank, and the Pentagon said at the time that the bank was no longer helping Iran in Evading financial penalties.
May 2015, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security imposed sanctions against the Iraqi Al-Nasser Airlines, on charges of supporting the Iranian “Mahan Air” airline, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, with 9 aircraft.
May 2018: Sanctions from the US Treasury on Al-Bilad Islamic Bank and its owner, Member of Parliament Aras Habib, on charges of assisting Iranian parties with financial transfers for the benefit of the Lebanese Hezbollah.
March 2019: Sanctions from the US Treasury for Harakat al-Nujaba and its leader, Akram al-Kaabi, on charges of helping Iran evade the sanctions imposed on it.
June 2019: Sanctions from the US State Department on the “Southern Wealth Sources for General Trade” company based in Iraq, and two individuals, Makki Kadhim Al-Asadi and Muhammad Hussein Al-Hassani, on charges of “dealing with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and financing and transferring weapons for the benefit of Iraqi militias loyal to Iran.”
July 2019: Sanctions from the US Treasury, in accordance with the Global Magnitsky Act for Human Rights and Accountability, against 4 Iraqi figures: Rayan Al-Kildani, “leader of the Babylon armed faction,” Waad Al-Qaddo, “commander in the network mobilization,” and Ahmed Al-Jubouri (Abu Mazen), “head of the parliamentary axis coalition.” “And Nofal Al-Akoub, the governor of Nineveh at the time, was accused of violating human rights and corrupt practices, as US Vice President Mike Pence said at the time that “Washington will not stand idly by while the Iranian-backed militias spread terrorism.”
December 2019, the US Treasury imposed sanctions against Asaib leader Qais Khazali, his brother, a member of the group, and Hussein Falih (Abu Zainab al-Lami), the security official in the Popular Mobilization Forces, on charges of corruption and human rights violations against the backdrop of “suppression of the October demonstrators.”
December 2019: US Treasury sanctions against politician Khamis Al-Khanjar on corruption charges.
January 2020: Asaib Ahl al-Haq, its leader Qais al-Khazali, and his brother Laith, are listed on the terrorist list on charges of “violent agents of Iran who use violence and terrorism to strengthen the Iranian regime’s efforts to undermine Iraqi sovereignty.”
February 2020: Sanctions from the US State Department against a leader in the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, Ahmed Al-Hamidawi, on charges of being a “global terrorist” and having a close relationship with Iran.
March 2020 : Sanctions from the US Treasury against several individuals, the first of which is Adnan Al-Hamidawi, “Abu Ammar”, who works as a special operations commander in the Kata’ib Hezbollah faction loyal to Tehran, on charges of “intimidation operations that targeted Iraqi politicians who did not support the attempts of Iraqi political forces supported by Tehran to remove American forces from… Al-Bilad,” and Muhammad Al-Ghuraifi, a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard who works for the Bahjat Al-Kawthar Company in the city of Najaf, on charges of supporting the company’s leading director in the Revolutionary Guard and facilitating the travel of Revolutionary Guard officials between Iraq and Iran, Muhammad Saeed Al-Bahadli, who holds the position of General Manager of the Al-Khamayel Maritime Company. “, an Iraq-based company operating out of the port of Umm Qasr and owned by the Revolutionary Guard, was charged with “selling Iranian petroleum products and facilitating shipments and commercial transactions to circumvent the US sanctions imposed against the Iranian regime,” and the deputy director of the Khamayel Marine Company, Ali Hussein Al-Mansouri, was charged with the same charge.
January 2021: Sanctions from the US Treasury against the head of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Faleh al-Fayyad, on charges of human rights violations after Iranian-allied elements in the Popular Mobilization Forces attacked the October demonstrators.
January 2021: Sanctions from the US Treasury against Abu Fadak al-Muhammadawi, Chief of Staff of the Popular Mobilization Forces, on charges that he heads the Hezbollah Brigades, a “terrorist organization that supports Tehran’s malicious agenda in the region,” according to the Treasury.
July 2023: Sanctions from the US Treasury against 14 Iraqi banks on charges of involvement in money laundering and fraudulent operations, some of which are for the benefit of Iran, and most of which have an Islamic character and are linked to influential political figures in the country, namely, the Islamic Chancellor Bank, Al-Qartas Islamic Bank, Al-Tafif Islamic Bank, Elaf Islamic Bank, Erbil Investment Bank, International Islamic Bank, Trans Iraq Bank, Mosul Development Bank, Al Rajeh Islamic Bank, Sumer Commercial Bank, Trust International Islamic Bank, Ur Islamic Bank, Islamic World Bank, and Zain Iraq Islamic Investment Bank.
November 2023: Sanctions from the US Treasury against 5 people in the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades: Imad Naji Al-Bahadli, a member of the ruling Shura Council of the Hezbollah Brigades, the group’s head of foreign affairs, Habib Hassan Mughamis Al-Daraji, the group’s spokesman, Jaafar Al-Husseini, and military commander Khaled. Kazem Jassim Al-Sakini, Bassem Muhammad Hasab Al-Majidi, along with 3 entities: the Sayyid Al-Shuhada Brigades and its leader Abu Alaa Al-Wala’i, the Abu Al-Fadl Al-Abbas Brigades, and the Karbala Brigades, on charges of “militias allied with Iran and receiving support from the Revolutionary Guard and participating in attacking the Americans in Iraq and Syria.”
January 2024 Sanctions from the US Treasury against the head of the Human Rights Movement, Hussein Mu’nis, and the director of technical equipment in the Popular Mobilization Forces, Riyad Ali Al-Azzawi, in addition to “Aqad Mohsen Al-Hamidawi,” the younger brother of the Secretary-General of the Hezbollah Brigades, who owns the “Ard Al-Masal” travel and tourism company based in Baghdad, and is used by the “Hezbollah Brigades” to generate revenues and launder money, along with the “Fly Baghdad” airline company and its director, Bashir Al-Shabani, on charges of “transporting weapons and fighters for the benefit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.”
January 2024 Sanctions from the US Treasury against Al-Huda Bank of Iraq, and its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hamad Al-Moussawi, on charges of “money laundering and financing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.”
February 2024: Sanctions from the US Treasury against 7 Iraqi banks on the same charge as Al-Huda Bank, as well as non-compliance with international standards.
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