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- 27 designations3 amendedWashington Cuts Off an Iraqi Bank and Iran's Exchange Houses, and Names a Havana Bank for Serving TehranOn 15 October 2026 the United States designated 27 parties in one package. Under Executive Order 13902 OFAC named 16 individuals and 10 entities in Iran's shadow banking and oil revenue network: Baghdad's International Development Bank for Investment and Finance, which Treasury says gives Iran US dollar access; two Iranian offshore banks tied to Bank Mellat and Bank Shahr; Dubai-based oil trustee Sayyed Ruhollah Razavi and two of his companies; seven foreign exchange staff of Shahr Bank affiliate FSAQ and its Hong Kong conduit; and four exchange houses with their owners. The State Department designated Cuba's Banco Internacional de Comercio under E.O. 14404 for serving the sanctioned Karafarin Bank. Secondary sanctions apply to the Iran designations, General License FF allows a wind-down with the Iraqi bank to 30 October, and foreign banks have until 14 November to exit BICSA. Separately, the UN 1267 Committee amended three entries, including the leadership of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan.
- 1 removals1 amendedWashington Lifts Sanctions on Venezuela's Assembly Chief Jorge Rodríguez as London Recasts a Russian Banker's ListingOn 14 October 2026 OFAC removed Jorge Jesus Rodriguez Gomez, President of Venezuela's National Assembly, from the SDN List, in a Venezuela-related designation removal that gave no reason. He had been designated under Executive Order 13692 in September 2018 in the same round as Cilia Flores and his sister Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president, whom OFAC removed on 1 April 2026. The removal ends the US block, but Canada still lists him under its Venezuela regulations, press reports say a separate US visa restriction remains, and as head of a national legislature he stays a senior politically exposed person. On 15 October the UK varied the listing of Nadia Narimanovna Cherkasova, a Bank Otkritie board member designated under the Russia regime in 2022: the statement of reasons is reworded and recast in the past tense, while her asset freeze, travel ban, trust services sanctions and director disqualification continue. She should not be confused with Irina Cherkasova, a different Russian official listed by five other authorities.
- 15 designations4 removalsWashington Targets Cartel del Noreste's Racetrack, Fuel and Construction Network as Brussels Lifts Four ListingsOn 13 October 2026 OFAC designated four individuals and 11 entities connected to Cartel del Noreste, the Nuevo Laredo successor to Los Zetas. At the centre is Gamaliel Garza Garcia, a businessman and quarter-horse owner whom Treasury calls a cartel associate, with nine construction, fuel and racing companies it says he owns or controls, including CEGESA, which Treasury says channelled cartel money to election campaigns. Club La Molienda, a Nuevo Laredo racetrack, is designated as cartel-controlled, alongside the plaza boss known as El Takia and a trucking company linked to cocaine shipments. Thirteen of the 15 carry secondary sanctions risk under E.O. 13224. The same day the EU removed Mikail Gutseriev and Viktar Shautsou from its Belarus regime and Aboubacar Chérif Diakité and Jean-Claude Pivi from its Guinea regime, with effect from 15 October; Gutseriev stays listed under the EU Russia regime and in the UK, and Diakité and Pivi remain on the UK list. Treasury also announced penalties against Bank of America, including an OFAC settlement over slow watchlist updates.
- 2 designationsLondon Names an IRGC Counter-Espionage Chief and a Zindashti Network Facilitator as Brussels Renews Its Chemical Weapons ListOn the afternoon of 12 October 2026 the United Kingdom designated two Iranian nationals under The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 for hostile activity on behalf of the Iranian state. Ruhollah Bazghandi, also recorded as Rouhollah Azimi, is described by the Foreign Secretary as head of counter-espionage operations within the IRGC; the UK says he planned or conducted espionage and threatened, planned or conducted attacks on people and assets in the UK and elsewhere. Shahram Ali Reza Tamarzadeh Jakki, also recorded as Farhad Ali Tamarzadeh, is described as a facilitator of the Zindashti criminal network involved in plots against Iranian dissidents. Both face an asset freeze, a travel ban and director disqualification, and both were already on OFAC's SDN List, where one of Bazghandi's two entries gives a different date of birth. OFSI also issued a general licence for ground rent and service charge payments by designated tenants, and the EU extended its chemical weapons regime to 2031 and its listings to October 2027.
- 1654 designations1 removals4 amendedBrussels Lists 1,569 Russian Arms Makers and Their Bosses as Washington Sanctions the ICC ItselfOn 12 October 2026 the Council of the European Union added 826 companies from Russia's military-industrial complex and 743 of their executives to its Ukraine regime in a single act, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2281. Every company appears on a list the Russian Government itself drew up of defence-industry enterprises whose staff receive federal housing subsidies; each person heads one or more of them. The Council also listed 77 people over the September State Duma 'elections' held in occupied Ukraine, and under its DPRK regime three persons and four entities, including the developer Samolet Group for employing North Korean workers. Most of the new military-industrial names do not appear on the US or UK lists on their tax or registration numbers. On 9 October the United States designated the International Criminal Court under E.O. 14203 and issued four general licences to keep its operations running, removed one Burmese individual, and the EU amended four Sudan and Nicaragua entries on review.
- 56 designations2 removals13 amendedWashington Names 55 Targets in a Push to Finish Off Iran's Shadow FleetOn 8 October 2026 the United States designated 55 parties in an action aimed at what remains of Iran's shadow fleet. The Treasury named 17 shipping companies under E.O. 13902 and identified their 17 tankers, which it says carried Iranian crude, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG, methanol and bitumen to Asian buyers. The State Department added 21 parties under E.O. 13846: petrochemical traders in Türkiye, India, the UAE and Iran, a Mumbai customs broker and its three directors, a London-registered ship owner and two UAE ship managers with five tankers. OFAC removed two container ships sold out of the fleet and issued General License EE to wind down dealings with the broker by 23 October. The same day the EU moved Russian businesswoman Olga Belyavtseva from its hybrid-threats regime to its Ukraine regime and replaced eight hybrid-threat entries on review, and the UK corrected four Russia-regime entries and one Libya-regime entry.
- 38 designations2 amendedLondon Targets Kyrgyz Payment Rails, Cryptomus and Twelve Tankers in a 38-Name Russia PackageOn 8 October 2026 the United Kingdom designated 23 entities and three individuals and specified 12 oil and product tankers under its Russia sanctions regime, and varied two existing designations. The financial strand reaches beyond Russia: OJSC Processing KG, a Bishkek payment processor whose parent the UK records as the Kyrgyz Ministry of Finance, its director Ulan Bukabaev, two further Bishkek payment companies, the Moscow banks Stolichny Kredit and Planeta, and Xeltox Enterprises, the Vancouver company the UK names as owner of the Cryptomus crypto platform. UK institutions may no longer maintain correspondent relationships with, or process payments through, these entities. Twelve suppliers in Russia, China, Türkiye and Thailand, four defence-sector parties and the oil companies Zarubezhneft and INK-Capital were also designated. Rostec gained internet services and correspondent banking measures, HeliCo Group gained detained transport sanctions, and OFSI issued a licence allowing Zarubezhneft exposures to be wound down until 21 November.
- 1 removals2 amendedUN Lifts the Iraq Listing on Swiss Firm Logarcheo as Australia Renews Two Terrorism ListingsOn 5 October 2026 the UN Security Council committee established under resolution 1518 (2003) removed LOGARCHEO S.A., a company in Le Paquier-Montbarry, Switzerland, formerly known as LOGARCHEO AG, from its list of funds and entities tied to the former Iraqi regime. The entry had been listed since April 2004, and the committee gave no reason. The UN consolidated list reflected the removal on 7 October. The UN asset freeze no longer applies, but the company remains on the US Treasury's SDN List under the Iraq programme and on the European Union's consolidated list, so screening against those lists must continue. Australia's consolidated list now records two more of its 3 October counter-terrorism relistings, for Mostafa Mahamed and Ahmed Sadu Jahleb, whose asset freezes continue. In London, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation amended the Maritime Mutual Re-Insurance Wind Down General Licence under the Russia regime, allowing UK payment firms to process qualifying overseas wind-down payments and extending it to 6 October 2027.
- 2 designations126 removals22 amendedTreasury Strikes 125 Names From the SDN List as Manila Freezes Two Designated TerroristsOn 5 October 2026 the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control removed 125 individuals and entities from the Specially Designated Nationals List in the third round of its sanctions modernisation initiative. Eighty were Colombian narcotics designations, forty-one belonged to the former Iraq regime programme, three to the Venezuela programme and one to Belarus. Treasury says the removals cover deceased people, defunct companies and entries with too little information for reliable screening. OFAC also rewrote 22 live entries, adding CURP numbers to sixteen Mexican designees and renaming or reflagging three tankers, and warned foreign banks doing business with Iran. On 6 October the United Kingdom revoked the Syria designation of former economy minister Houmam Jazai'iri, who remains on the EU list. In the Philippines, the Anti-Money Laundering Council froze the assets of two women designated as terrorists, an order the central bank passed to banks the same day.
- 86 designations16 amendedWashington Targets Hamas's French Charity Fronts as Tokyo Lists 81 Russia-Linked Parties and ShipsOn 2 October 2026 the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated a Gaza-based battalion deputy in Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades, two France-based fundraisers and the two charities they founded, Association Baraka and Ensemble C Mieux. Treasury says the network collected more than USD 2 million for Hamas between 2020 and 2026 through sham charitable appeals and cryptocurrency transfers. The same day Japan adopted new measures against Russia: an asset freeze on 33 entities and 9 individuals, including two Rostec executives and the Garantex Europe exchange, an export ban on four suppliers in Türkiye and the UAE, and permit controls on services to 35 vessels identified by IMO number. Almost all of these parties are already on OFAC's SDN List. On 3 October Australia relisted 16 people and entities under its counter-terrorism framework, including Islamic State Sinai Province, renewing listings that would otherwise have lapsed.
- 31 designations16 removals4 amendedWashington Takes Aim at Iran's Carmakers, Railways and the A7 Shadow BankOn 1 October 2026 the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated 31 parties in a single Iran package. Two new determinations under Executive Order 13902 opened Iran's automotive and rail sectors to sanctions, and OFAC listed Iran Khodro, SAIPA and five other automotive companies, foreign parts suppliers in Indonesia, the UAE, Türkiye and Hong Kong, the state railway and two rail operators, the HEPCO machinery group and its Shanghai arm, and steel traders in the UAE and Germany. A Hong Kong-based network run by Ramin Keshvardoust, including five shell companies that received Iranian shadow banking transfers, was also designated. OFAC listed the Russia-linked A7 Network, whose locations include Nigeria and Zimbabwe, as a transnational criminal organisation, while FinCEN proposed a rule against its Sub-Agents. On 2 October the UK re-specified two ships with corrected grounds, and on 29 September Japan removed 16 Syrian state bodies from its asset freeze.
- 42 designations3 removalsLondon Sanctions Russia's LNG Fleet and the Jailers of Occupied Ukraine. Washington Hits Tren de Aragua's ATM ThievesOn 1 October 2026 the UK designated 22 individuals and one entity and specified eight ships under its Russia sanctions regulations. The individuals include military, police and security officers and occupation officials accused of detaining and torturing civilians in occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, seven people listed over Russia's programme for deporting and re-educating Ukrainian children, an adviser to President Putin who led the South Ossetia administration, and four Georgian political figures who visited the head of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. The energy measures freeze Novatek Gas and Power Asia and a former Kurchatov Institute director, and specify eight ships carrying Russian liquefied natural gas. On 30 September the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated nine individuals and two Mexican companies behind Tren de Aragua's ATM jackpotting scheme, seven of them with TRON wallet addresses, and removed three older records: a Culiacan boutique company, a Samoa-flagged cargo ship and a Belarusian national.
- 2 designationsOFAC Targets Iran's Gulf Banking Lifeline; Two New DesignationsOn 28 August 2026, under Operation Economic Outcast, OFAC added two parties to the SDN List: Reza Mohammad Taeedi, the general manager of Bank Melli's Dubai branch, and Kameng Trading Limited, a Hong Kong front company that laundered funds for a sanctioned Iranian exchange house. Treasury separately proposed a Section 311 special measure cutting Banque Misr UAE off from US correspondent banking. Two designations, no removals. OFAC designated Reza Mohammad Taeedi, an Iranian national who serves as general manager of Bank Melli Iran's Dubai branch, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224, as amended, for acting for or on behalf of Bank Melli. It also designated Kameng Trading Limited, a Hong Kong-registered front company, under Executive Order 13902 for operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy after it helped the sanctioned Pedram Pirouzan Exchange House, also known as Opal Exchange, launder money for Iran. Both parties are now blocked: all property and interests in property in the United States or in the possession or control of US persons are frozen, and secondary sanctions risk applies to those who transact with them.
- 1 amendedThe UN Refreshes a Senior Taliban Listing; No New Designations TodayOn 27 August 2026 the United Nations 1988 (Taliban) Sanctions Committee amended one entry on its list, updating the identification particulars of Abdul Salam Hanafi, a former deputy minister and senior figure of the Taliban regime. No party was added or removed and his listing stands. Separately, OFAC eased its Venezuela licensing regime. The one list action of the day is an amendment, not a new designation. The Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) amended the entry for Abdul Salam Hanafi Ali Mardan Qul, reference TAi.027, a Deputy Minister of Education under the former Taliban regime who was first listed on 23 February 2001. The amendment updates his identification particulars: the entry now records three passports, including an Afghan passport issued in Kabul in 2023 and a passport issued in Dubai in 2020, together with a good-quality alias rendered in original script. He remains subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo under paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2816 (2026).
- 5 designationsOFAC Names Five Global Terrorists, and a Digital Host is One of ThemOn 26 August 2026 the United States Treasury added three entities and two individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals list as Global Terrorists, in an action aimed at violent far-left networks and the digital infrastructure that keeps them running. An Italian hosting provider, a transnational movement, a United Kingdom protest group and two of the movement's leaders are now blocked property. The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based provider of encrypted communications and hosting; Masar Badil, also known as the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement; and Palestine Action, a group established in the United Kingdom. Alongside them it designated Zaid Abdulnasser, based in Germany, and Rawa Alsagheer, based in Brazil, both named as leaders of Masar Badil. Each party is designated under Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886, and carries the Specially Designated Global Terrorist tag.
- 78 designations1 removals11 amendedSyria's Terrorism Designation Lifted as OFAC Adds Seventy-Eight Iran-Linked PartiesOn 24 August OFAC published one notice doing two things. It removed the al-Nusrah Front / Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham entry from the SDN List after the State Department rescinded Syria's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and revoked Syria General License 25. In the same notice it added twenty-four individuals, forty-eight entities and six vessels to the SDN List across six Iran programmes, amended eleven existing entries, and reworked several Iran general licences. The UN 1267 list timestamp moved today, but its last content change was 18 August, already reported, so it is excluded. The Iran tranche adds seventy-eight parties to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List: twenty-four individuals, forty-eight entities and six vessels. They fall across six programmes. Nineteen entities, two individuals and five vessels sit under Executive Order 13902 for shipping and selling Iranian oil, the shadow-fleet block. Eleven entities, six individuals and one vessel sit under Executive Order 13846 for petrochemicals and procurement. Sixteen entities and six individuals sit under the counter-proliferation programme [NPWMD] [IFSR]. Two entities and two individuals sit under the IRGC-Qods Force terrorism programme [SDGT] [IFSR].
- 47 designations2 amendedForty-Seven New OFAC Designations Across Three ProgrammesBetween yesterday's capture and today, OFAC added forty-seven parties to the SDN List in a single action: twenty-one individuals, sixteen companies and ten Ecuadorian fishing vessels, spread across the counter terrorism, counter narcotics and Cuba programmes. Two existing entries were amended, one of them Hizballah itself. The United Kingdom moved twenty-one ISIL and Al-Qaida listings on the same day, but its own notice says it is transposing the Council's action of 18 August, which this briefing delivered on 19 August. On 20 August 2026 OFAC published one notice carrying four separate actions. Forty-seven parties were added to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List: twenty-one individuals, sixteen entities and ten vessels. Ten of the individuals sit under the counter terrorism programme, seven of them linked to Hizballah and three to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force. Eight individuals, seven companies and all ten vessels sit under the counter narcotics programme and form a single Ecuadorian maritime network. Three individuals and nine entities sit under the Cuba programme, nine of the twelve being Cuban state bodies or state-owned enterprises.