Nineteen Designations Aimed at the Cash and the Cargo Behind Iran's Proxies
On 10 September the Office of Foreign Assets Control designated nineteen parties under Operation Economic Outcast: four Kata'ib Hizballah commanders and members, a Popular Mobilisation Commission procurement chain reaching into Russian helicopter maintenance and attempted purchases of American defence articles, the Lebanese exchangers and gold houses that carry Qods Force cash to Hizballah, and a Dubai family hawala remitting Iraqi money to Iran. Fourteen individuals, five entities, no removals. The same notice moves OFAC to a presumption of denial on Iran-related licence applications and records a 1.43 million dollar settlement. Separately the United Kingdom varied one Russia entry and corrected two others, including a document that moved from the passport field to the national identifier field. The action is organised around four distinct networks, and it pays to file them separately because the screening consequences differ. The first is Kata'ib Hizballah itself. OFAC designated Ali Hasan Farhan Al-Lami, a senior commander, together with three active members, Hussein Ahmed Hussein Al-Dhuhaibawi, Mohamed Ameen Fadhil Ali Al-Shaikhli and Karrar Mohammed Qasim Al-Hraishawi.
This issue
- New designations
- 19
- Removals
- 0
- Entries amended
- 3
- Sources monitored
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Four Networks, One Operation, and a Licensing Door That Just Closed
The action is organised around four distinct networks, and it pays to file them separately because the screening consequences differ. The first is Kata'ib Hizballah itself. OFAC designated Ali Hasan Farhan Al-Lami, a senior commander, together with three active members, Hussein Ahmed Hussein Al-Dhuhaibawi, Mohamed Ameen Fadhil Ali Al-Shaikhli and Karrar Mohammed Qasim Al-Hraishawi. All four are Iraqi nationals carried with passport numbers, and all four are designated for acting for or on behalf of the group, which the Department of State designated a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in June 2009. Treasury's framing is operational rather than historic: since February 2026 Kata'ib Hizballah and the other Iranian-aligned militias in Iraq have conducted hundreds of attacks on United States and Coalition forces, and in May 2026 a senior commander was arrested over an attempt to bomb a New York synagogue and Jewish institutions in Los Angeles and Scottsdale.
The second network is procurement, and it is the one most likely to touch a commercial counterparty. Abbas Jawad Kadhim Al-Tameemi is a senior official of the Directorate of Technical Equipment inside Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Commission, the body that Treasury says receives more than 2.6 billion dollars of Iraqi government funding a year. Abdullah Nadhim Luaibi Al Ameri is a United Arab Emirates based Iraqi arms dealer who owns Al Brouj For General Contracting Company, designated alongside him, through which he supplies the Commission and maintains Russian-provided helicopters for Iraqi military organisations operating under Qods Force direction. Khaldoon Naser Maryoosh Al Abada represents Ain Al Iraq For Protection Systems Technology and Audio, Visual, and Communications Solutions Company Ltd, also designated, which Treasury says the Iraqi government used for defence component dealings between Iraq, Russia, Iran and China as part of larger corruption and evasion schemes, and which has been used in the attempted purchase of United States defence articles. Both companies carry Iraqi company and registration numbers on the entry, so they are screenable by identifier and not only by name.
Party detail
Every row below was read against the issuing authority's own notice, not against a press report. Aliases are reproduced in full, including non Latin script forms, because the alias field is where a screening run usually fails. Identifiers are published sanctions data.
| Party | Action and instrument | Identifiers | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Lami, Ali Hasan Farhan | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 18 Dec 1983Nationality: IraqIdentifier: Gender malePassport: A11690581 (Iraq) expires 06 Jan 2025Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Kata'ib Hizballah. Treasury identifies him as a senior Kata'ib Hizballah commander. The press release records that since February 2026 Kata'ib Hizballah and other Iranian-aligned militia groups in Iraq have conducted hundreds of attacks against United States and Coalition forces using explosive drones and indiscriminate rocket fire. |
| Al-Dhuhaibawi, Hussein Ahmed Hussein | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 15 Sep 1984Nationality: IraqIdentifier: Gender malePassport: A14283389 (Iraq) expires 06 Oct 2026Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Kata'ib Hizballah. Treasury records him as an active Kata'ib Hizballah member. Kata'ib Hizballah was designated by the Department of State as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation on 24 June 2009. |
| Al-Shaikhli, Mohamed Ameen Fadhil Ali | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 03 Mar 1987Nationality: IraqIdentifier: Gender malePassport: A5885383 (Iraq) expires 05 Jul 2019Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Kata'ib Hizballah. Treasury records him as an active Kata'ib Hizballah member. The passport recorded on the entry expired on 5 July 2019 and is carried as an historical identifier. |
| Al-Hraishawi, Karrar Mohammed Qasim | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 11 Sep 2000Nationality: IraqIdentifier: Gender malePassport: A19392691 (Iraq) expires 19 Dec 2029Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Kata'ib Hizballah. Treasury records him as an active Kata'ib Hizballah member. |
| Al-Tameemi, Abbas Jawad Kadhim | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 14 Dec 1983Nationality: IraqIdentifier: Gender malePassport: A14930282 (Iraq) expires 12 Jan 2027Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Sayyid Salah Mahdi Hantush al-Maksusi, a United States designated terrorist and former Kata'ib Hizballah official who heads the Directorate of Technical Equipment. Treasury records that Al-Tameemi provides strategic guidance and technical advice to the Popular Mobilisation Commission on foreign military purchases and, through that position, enables the provision of critical financial and military support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force. |
| Al Ameri, Abdullah Nadhim Luaibi | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 29 Jul 1975Nationality: IraqIdentifier: Gender malePassport: A19542583 (Iraq) expires 22 Mar 2030Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Sayyid Salah Mahdi Hantush al-Maksusi. Treasury records that through his control of Al Brouj he supplies goods and services to the Popular Mobilisation Commission, including the likely unlawful procurement of equipment with military applications, and provides support such as maintenance on Russian-provided helicopters to Iraqi military organisations operating under the direction of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force. |
| Al Abada, Khaldoon Naser Maryoosh | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 04 Jan 1980Nationality: IraqIdentifier: Gender malePassport: B23554644 (Iraq) expires 18 Jan 2033Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Ain Al Iraq For Protection Systems Technology and Audio, Visual, and Communications Solutions Company Ltd. Treasury records that he coordinates the acquisition of foreign defence equipment and components with the Popular Mobilisation Commission and provides it with consulting services and advice. |
| Ain Al Iraq For Protection Systems Technology and Audio, Visual, and Communications Solutions Company Ltd | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Identifier: Organisation established 12 Apr 2010Company number: 48457 (Iraq)Registration number: 75493 (Iraq)Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Baghdad, Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Sayyid Salah Mahdi Hantush al-Maksusi. Treasury records that Ain Al Iraq has provided support to Popular Mobilisation Commission and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force controlled networks and affiliated individuals in Iraq, that the Iraqi government has used the company for dealings between Iraq, Russia, Iran and China to acquire defence components which formed part of larger public corruption and sanctions evasion schemes, and that the company has been used in the attempted purchase of United States defence articles through its sanctions evasion networks. |
| Al Brouj For General Contracting Company | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Company number: 3219747 (Iraq)Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Baghdad, Iraq | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Abdullah Nadhim Luaibi Al Ameri. Treasury records that Al Brouj is the vehicle through which Al Ameri supplies goods and services to the Popular Mobilisation Commission, including maintenance on Russian-provided helicopters for Iraqi military organisations operating under the direction of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force. |
| Ibrahim, Hussein | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 08 May 1986Nationality: LebanonIdentifier: Place of birth Nabi Chit, LebanonIdentifier: gender malePassport: LR3713545 (Lebanon) expires 27 Sep 2033National ID: 000033040500 (Lebanon)Identifier: Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions RegulationsIdentifier: secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Baalbek-Hermel Province, Lebanon | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hizballah. Treasury records that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force uses front companies to move funds derived from Iranian oil sales to regional exchange houses, and that between May 2025 and September 2025 Hussein Ibrahim and Abdallah Hamieh transferred hundreds of millions of dollars from the Qods Force to Hizballah. |
| Hamieh, Abdallah | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 27 Oct 1983Nationality: LebanonIdentifier: Gender malePassport: RL1347720 (Lebanon) expires 22 Jul 2013National ID: 000038207763 (Lebanon)Identifier: Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions RegulationsIdentifier: secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Shamstar, Baalbek and Hermel, Lebanon | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hizballah. Treasury records that he worked with Qods Force members in Lebanon and with Hizballah financial officials to receive funds through Lebanese money exchangers, and that with Hussein Ibrahim he transferred hundreds of millions of dollars from the Qods Force to Hizballah between May 2025 and September 2025. |
| Wehbe, Ghaith Hussein | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 17 Dec 1985Nationality: LebanonIdentifier: Gender maleNational ID: 000025122133 (Lebanon)Identifier: Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions RegulationsIdentifier: secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Lebanon | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hizballah. Treasury records that once Qods Force funds reach Lebanon, the United States designated Hizballah member Ossama Jaber worked with Wehbe, a Hizballah money courier, to collect the money personally from cash exchangers on behalf of Hizballah financial officials, and that Hizballah uses those funds to buy weapons, manufacture equipment and pay member salaries. |
| Zahreldine, Mervat Jamil | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 01 Jan 1991Nationality: LebanonIdentifier: Gender femalePassport: RL2779753 (Lebanon)Identifier: Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions RegulationsIdentifier: secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Airport Road Karim Bldg. 7th Floor, Ghobeiry, Baabda, Lebanon | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hamdi Zaher El Dine. Treasury records that Hamdi Zaher El Dine directs and operates several Lebanese gold and cash exchanges through family members and close associates while keeping his own name off their legal structures, and that his sister Mervat works at two of those exchanges on his behalf, holding a position at Yousef Ibrahim Mansour and Partner for Exchange and power of attorney at Gold Pro SARL. |
| Al-Makansi, Amir | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Date of birth: 01 Jan 1984Nationality: SyriaIdentifier: Place of birth Aleppo, SyriaIdentifier: gender maleIdentifier: Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions RegulationsIdentifier: secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Turkey; Syria | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hamdi Zaher El Dine. Treasury records that at Hamdi's direction the Syria and Turkiye based Al-Makansi operates a gold exchange company based in Syria with additional offices in Istanbul, and that while the exchange house deals primarily in gold it also uses Lebanese exchange houses to change currency for Hamdi into large denomination bills known in the Lebanese exchange sector to be frequently sourced to Hizballah. |
| Gold Pro SARL | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Identifier: Organisation type: other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities, n.e.c.Identifier: Identification Number 45432 (Lebanon)Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Zaher El Din Property, Downtown Port, Beirut, Lebanon | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Hamdi Zaher El Dine. Treasury records that Gold Pro SARL is not licensed by the Central Bank of Lebanon to import gold, and that Hamdi uses hawalas to buy gold from Dubai and couriers to carry it into Lebanon. |
| Yousef Ibrahim Mansour and Partner for Exchange | DesignationExecutive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations); Specially Designated Global Terrorist [SDGT] | Identifier: Organisation established 08 May 2006Identifier: organisation type: other monetary intermediationIdentifier: Commercial Registry Number 4000751 (Lebanon)Identifier: Secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886Address: Shtaura, Bekaa, Lebanon; Zahle, Lebanon | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Hamdi Zaher El Dine. Treasury records that Hamdi directs and operates several Lebanese gold and cash exchanges through family members and close associates while remaining absent from their legal structures, and that his sister Mervat Jamil Zahreldine holds a position at this exchange on his behalf. |
| Shams and Bahr Trading Company L.L.C. | DesignationExecutive Order 13902 (Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran); Iranian Sector and Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations [IRAN-EO13902] | Website: www.shamsandbahr.aeIdentifier: alternative website www.shamsbahr.comIdentifier: organisation established 19 Mar 2001Identifier: organisation type: other monetary intermediationIdentifier: Commercial Registry Number 56218 (United Arab Emirates)Business registration number: 524921 (United Arab Emirates)Address: PO Box 81033, Al Riqa Street, 3, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 69, Al Rigga Rd, Al Muraqqabat, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Exhibition No 3, Al Muraqqabat, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy. Treasury records that Majid Ali Akbar Namdar Al-Mandalawi uses a variety of Iraqi private banks to move funding through this hawala, and that the Dubai-based exchange has been used to remit millions of dollars from Iraq to Iran via the United Arab Emirates. |
| Al-Mandalawi, Majid Ali Akbar Namdar | DesignationExecutive Order 13902 (Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran); Iranian Sector and Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations [IRAN-EO13902] | Date of birth: 20 Jul 1972Nationality: Iraq; alternative nationality TurkeyIdentifier: Gender malePassport: U22423385 (Turkey) expires 04 Oct 2029Identifier: alternative Passport B08552683 (Iraq) expires 14 Feb 2032Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13902 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Shams and Bahr Trading Company L.L.C. Treasury records that he uses a variety of Iraqi private banks to transfer funding through the hawala, which has been used to remit millions of dollars from Iraq to Iran via the United Arab Emirates. |
| Al-Mandalawi, Abdulhasan Ali Akbar Namdar | DesignationExecutive Order 13902 (Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran); Iranian Sector and Human Rights Abuses Sanctions Regulations [IRAN-EO13902] | Date of birth: 08 Jul 1965; alternative date of birth 1978Nationality: Iraq; alternative nationality CanadaIdentifier: Gender malePassport: A17942936 (Iraq) expires 14 Feb 2029Identifier: alternative Passport HN146500 (Canada) expires 25 Oct 2026Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Designated on 10 September 2026 by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order 13902 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Shams and Bahr Trading Company L.L.C. Treasury records that the Dubai exchange, which remits millions of dollars from Iraq to Iran through the United Arab Emirates, is also owned by him. |
| JSC Solid Bank | AmendmentThe Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, United Kingdom | Identifier: Russian Tax Identification Number 4101011782Identifier: Russia KPP 410101001Identifier: Russia OGRN 1024100000121Identifier: Legal Entity Identifier 253400EH37SSJEEJFB05Identifier: Russia Licence No. 1329Identifier: telephone +7 495 924 75 00 and 8 (800) 775-56-06Identifier: website https://solidbank.ruIdentifier: email ckp@solidbank.ru and bank@solidbank.ruAddress: St. Aleutian D. 33, Kray Primorskiy, Vladivostok 690091, Russia | Designated by the United Kingdom on 15 October 2025 under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The statement of reasons as varied on 10 September 2026 records that the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to suspect that JSC Solid Bank is or has been obtaining a benefit from or supporting the Government of Russia by carrying on business in a sector of strategic significance to the Government of Russia, namely the Russian financial services sector. The entry carries an asset freeze, trust services sanctions, a director disqualification sanction and a prohibition on correspondent banking and sterling clearing. |
| Avichai Suissa | AmendmentThe Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020, United Kingdom | Date of birth: 01/07/1986Nationality: IsraelIdentifier: Gender maleIdentifier: country of birth IsraelAddress: West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories | Designated by the United Kingdom on 8 September 2026 under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020. The statement of reasons added by the correction of 10 September 2026 records that the Secretary of State considers him an involved person on the ground that he provides financial services, or makes available funds, economic resources, goods or technology, knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that they will or may contribute to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. The entry carries an asset freeze, a travel ban and a director disqualification sanction. |
| Abubakar Swalleh | AmendmentThe Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, United Kingdom | Date of birth: 16/03/1993; alternative date of birth 09/05/1993Nationality: UgandaIdentifier: Gender maleIdentifier: town of birth Mengo, UgandaPassport: A00195974 (Uganda) expires 16 Dec 2029Identifier: national identifier CM920231090NZA (Uganda)Identifier: Zambian document Z15105123 issued 5 Aug 2020, fraudulently acquired under the name Isaac Mupeta, born 9 May 1993 in Lusaka, Zambia, registration number 102523/29/1Identifier: telephone +963936016952Address: Luzira Prison, Luzira, Kampala, Uganda | Listed by the United Nations Security Council 1267/1989 Committee as QDi.436 and designated by the United Kingdom on 16 June 2025 under the Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The entry records that he provides financial, material or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of, Islamic State, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115), and that he has acted since 2018 as an Islamic State facilitator providing financial and logistic support including recruitment in East and Southern Africa. |
What this means for your organisation
- 01
Load nineteen new names with their document numbers, not just the names: Every individual on this action carries at least one travel or identity document and several carry two. Abdulhasan Ali Akbar Namdar Al-Mandalawi holds Iraqi passport A17942936 and Canadian passport HN146500; his brother Majid holds Turkish passport U22423385 and Iraqi passport B08552683. The Lebanese parties carry national identity numbers, including 000033040500 for Hussein Ibrahim, 000038207763 for Abdallah Hamieh and 000025122133 for Ghaith Hussein Wehbe. Ingest the documents as structured identifiers, because transliterated Arabic names alone will not hold.
- 02
Split the file by authority before you write your alerts: Sixteen of the nineteen are designated under Executive Order 13224 as amended and carry secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b); three, Shams and Bahr Trading Company and the two Al-Mandalawi brothers, are designated under Executive Order 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy. The measures and the secondary sanctions exposure differ, and a foreign financial institution that knowingly facilitates significant transactions for the Executive Order 13902 parties faces correspondent and payable-through account sanctions.
- 03
Re-screen exchange house, hawala and gold counterparties in Lebanon, Syria, Turkiye and the Gulf: The designated financial parties are Gold Pro SARL of Beirut, Yousef Ibrahim Mansour and Partner for Exchange of Shtaura and Zahle, and Shams and Bahr Trading Company of Dubai, which also trades as Sun and Sea General Trading and Son and Sea Company and runs the websites www.shamsandbahr.ae and www.shamsbahr.com. Screen exchange, remittance, precious metals and trade finance relationships across those markets, and remember that the 50 per cent ownership rule reaches subsidiaries named on neither list.
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Treat the Abubakar Swalleh correction as a live matching risk: The Zambian document Z15105123 has moved from the passport number field to the national identifier number field on UK entry AQD0388. If your screening records store document type, reload the entry today. Reload UK entries RUS3077 for JSC Solid Bank and GHR0202 for Avichai Suissa at the same time; the statements of reasons changed on both and the Suissa entry now carries one where it previously carried none.
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Update your Iran licensing assumptions and your training: The new Iran Statement of Licensing Policy is a presumption of denial, and OFAC has begun denying the bulk of outstanding Iran-related specific licence requests. Any plan built on a pending or expected Iran licence needs revisiting, and the 1,427,230 dollar settlement for management consulting and dividend receipts is a useful reminder that services and passive income are in scope. Note that 22 of the 85 sources could not be retrieved this cycle and are carried forward for re-check rather than reported as clear.
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Method statement
Parties are taken from the issuing authorities' list data and notices as recorded in the Youverify Sanctions Monitor of 11 September 2026, one row per party. Website copy for this archive edition is compiled from that day's published briefing.
Corrections
No corrections issued for this issue. Corrections are published on the issue they affect, dated, with the original text retained.Cite this issue
Vyra from Youverify. "Nineteen Designations Aimed at the Cash and the Cargo Behind Iran's Proxies." Youverify Sanctions Monitor, issue 123, 11 September 2026. https://youverify.co/en/sanctions/2026-09-11. Accessed 11 September 2026.