Mr. Sanctions

Category: Terrorism

  • August 19, 2026: Canada catches up to UNSC ISIL & Al-Qaida changes

    On August 18, 2026, the UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee amended 21 entries on its sanctions list. For more information, consult the Press Release.

    This amendment takes effect immediately under Canadian sanctions legislation, pursuant to the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Taliban, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida.

    For further information on UN Security Council sanctions list, consult:

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  • August 19, 2026: SECO updates its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions lists

    The FINMA Notice:

    Updated sanctions notice: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida

    The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has published an amendment to the list of sanctioned natural persons, companies and organizations under the Ordinance of 21 March 2025 on measures against persons and organizations associated with the organizations ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida (SR 946.231.08).

    By decision of 14 August 2026, the competent UN Sanctions Committee amended the list of persons, companies and organizations sanctioned in this context. The amendment is directly applicable in Switzerland. SECO has therefore updated SESAM (SECO Sanctions Management), the sanctions database that is authoritative for Switzerland, on 17 August 2026, and has published the update on its website.

    The update:

    Ordinance on measures against certain persons, groups, undertakings and organizations associated with the organizations ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida – Art. 3 para. 1 and 2 (Financial sanctions) and Art. 4 (Entry and transit ban). Origin: UN

    Amended – Individuals

    SSID: 500-80463
    Foreign identifier: QDi.002
    Name: Amin Muhammad Ul Haq Saam Khan
    DOB: a) 1960 b) 30 Apr 1963
    POB: Qilagho village, Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
    Good quality a.k.a.: a) Al-Haq Amin b) Amin Muhammad
    Low quality a.k.a.: a) Dr. Amin b) Ul-Haq Dr. Amin
    Address: Kabul, Afghanistan (as of June 2026)
    Nationality: Afghanistan
    Other information: Security coordinator for Usama bin Laden (deceased). Repatriated to Afghanistan in February 2006. He was in Afghanistan as of August 2021. Arrested in Pakistan 2024 and deported to Afghanistan in 2025. Father’s name: Abdul Rahman. Photo and fingerprints available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.
    Modifications: Listed on 15 May 2025, amended on 14 Aug 2026

    List of Changes:
    – DOB: Added clause b): “30 Apr 1963”
    – POB: Changed from: “Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan” to: “Qilagho village, Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan”
    – Address: Added: “Kabul, Afghanistan (as of June 2026)” (field was previously blank)
    – Other information: Changed from: “Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 15 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 8 November 2022.” to: “Arrested in Pakistan 2024 and deported to Afghanistan in 2025. Father’s name: Abdul Rahman. Photo and fingerprints available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice.”

    SSID: 500-94433
    Foreign identifier: QDi.436
    Name: Abubakar Swalleh
    Sex: M
    DOB: a) 13 Jan 1992 b) 16 Mar 1993
    POB: Mengo, Uganda
    Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abubaker Swaleh b) Tom Kiyurige
    Low quality a.k.a.: Isaac Mupeta
    Address: Luzira Prison, Luzira, Kampala, Uganda
    Nationality: Uganda
    Identification document: a) Passport No. A00195974, Uganda b) Passport No. A00195974, Uganda, Expiry date: 16 Dec 2029 c) Other No. CM920231090NZA, Uganda (National identification number)
    Other information: Abubakar Swalleh provides financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to, or in support of, ISIL (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). He acted, since 2018, as an ISIL facilitator who provides financial and logistic support including recruitment for ISIL in East and Southern Africa. Phone number: +963936016952. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.
    Modifications: Listed on 16 Jun 2025, amended on 14 Aug 2026

    List of Changes:
    – DOB: Added clause b): “16 Mar 1993”
    – Low quality a.k.a.: Added: “Isaac Mupeta” (field was previously blank)
    – Identification document: Added clause b): “Passport No. A00195974, Uganda, Expiry date: 16 Dec 2029”
    – Other information: Added: “Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice.”

    SSID: 500-103769
    Foreign identifier: QDi.439
    Name: Hamida Nabaggala
    DOB: 23 Feb 1989
    POB: Uganda
    Low quality a.k.a.: a) Nabaggala b) Nabaggaka c) Hamida d) Hamidah
    Address: Congo DR
    Nationality: Uganda
    Identification document: Other No. CF89095102DDAE, Uganda, Expiry date: 27 Mar 2025 (National identification no)
    Other information: a) Works as a mediator in financing channels for ISIL in Central Africa, has been charged with financing a bombing that occurred in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, in 2021, attempted to coerce her three children in Uganda to send them to ISIL camps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gender: Female. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.
    Modifications: Listed on 30 Mar 2026, amended on 8 Jul 2026, 14 Aug 2026

    List of Changes:
    – Identification document: Added: “Other No. CF89095102DDAE, Uganda, Expiry date: 27 Mar 2025 (National identification no)” (field was previously blank)
    – Other information: Added: “Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice.”
    – Other information: Deleted clause b): “National identification no: na CF89095102DDAE (expiry on 27 March 2025)” – this data moved into the new Identification document field above

    Amended – Entities

    SSID: 500-88313
    Foreign identifier: QDe.161
    Name: Islamic State In Iraq And The Levant – Khorasan (ISIL-K)
    Good quality a.k.a.: a) ISIL Khorasan b) Islamic State’s Khorasan Province c) ISIS Wilayat Khorasan d) ISIL’s South Asia Branch e) South Asian chapter of ISIL f) The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham—Khorasan Province g) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—Khorasan h) Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in Khorasan Province i) Islamic State Khurasan j) ISIS-K k) ISISK l) IS-Khorasan m) Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP)
    Other information: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL – K) was formed on January 10, 2015 by a former Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (QDe.132) commander and was established by former Taliban faction commanders who swore an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). ISIL – K has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.
    Modifications: Listed on 15 May 2025, amended on 14 Aug 2026

    List of Changes:
    – Good quality a.k.a.: Added clause m): “Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP)”

    The update files – PDF, XML

    The consolidated program list

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  • August 18, 2026: UNSC’s not done – another 21 amended anti-terror sanctions designations

    The United Nations Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch (the Secretariat) conveys updates to the Committees’ lists and to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List, to States, regional and sub-regional organizations, and private entities/individuals by e-mail after updates are made to the Lists. At this time, not all documents are available in all languages.

    The updates to the lists mentioned in the subject above were made on 18 August 2026.  

    To this effect, please see the United Nations Security Council Press Release.

    Please see the note verbale addressed to Permanent Representatives and Observers to the United Nations in New York conveying the changes made.

    An updated version of the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List is accessible in XML and HTML formats in all United Nations official languages at the following URL: United Nations Security Council Consolidated List | Security Council

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    The Note Verbale:

    26-0335nveDownload

    and the press release:

    SC/16435

    18 August 2026

    Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends 21 Entries on Its Sanctions List

    On 18 August 2026, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2734 (2024), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

    A. Individuals

    QDi.087 Name: 1: NURJAMAN 2: RIDUAN 3: ISAMUDDIN 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 4 Apr. 1964 b) 1966 POB: a) Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia b) Sukamanah, West Java, Indonesia Good quality a.k.a.: a) Hambali b) Nurjaman c) Isomuddin, Nurjaman Riduan d) Hambali Bin Ending e) Encep Nurjaman (birth name) f) Hambali Ending Hambalig) Isamuddin Riduan h) Isamudin Ridwan Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: a) Indonesia b) MalaysiaPassport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on: 28 Jan. 2003 ( amended on 2 Jul. 2007, 27 Jul. 2007, 16 May 2011, 6 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 13 Apr. 2010, 4 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Senior leader of Jemaah Islamiyah (QDe.092). Brother of Gun Gun Rusman Gunawan (QDi.218). In custody of the United States of America, as of July 2007 INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.114 Name: 1: SALIM Y SALAMUDDIN 2: JULKIPLI 3: na 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 20 Jun. 1967 POB: Tulay, Jolo Sulu, Philippines  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Kipli Sali b) Julkipli Salim Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: Philippines Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on: 9 Sep. 2003 ( amended on 23 Feb. 2009, 13 Dec. 2011, 6 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 25 May 2010, 4 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: A member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (QDe.001). In detention in the Philippines as at May 2011 INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.204 Name: 1: ISNILON 2: TOTONI 3: HAPILON 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 18 Mar. 1966 b) 10 Mar. 1967 POB: Bulanza, Lantawan, Basilan, Philippines  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Isnilon Hapilun b) Isnilun Hapilun c) Tuan Isnilon Low quality a.k.a.: a) Abu Musab b) Salahudin Nationality: Philippines Passport no: na National identification no: naAddress: a) Basilan, Philippines (previous location until 2016) b) Lanao del Sur, Philippines (location since 2016)  Listed on: 6 Dec. 2005 ( amended on 4 Oct. 2017, 6 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 2 Feb. 2023, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 8 Jun. 2010, 4 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Senior leader of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) (QDe.001). Leader of local affiliates of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QDe.115), in the southern Philippines as of May 2017. Reportedly deceased in 2017Killed in Marawi City, Philippines on 15 October 2017. Physical description: eye colour: brown; hair colour: brown; height: 5 feet 6 inches – 168 cm; weight: 120 pounds – 54 kg; build: slim; complexion: light-skinned; has facial birthmarks. Wanted by the Philippines authorities for terrorist offences and by authorities of the United States of America for involvement in terrorist acts. Photos included in INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.249 Name: 1: YAHIA 2: DJOUADI 3: na 4: na
    Name (original script): يحيى جوادي
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 1 Jan. 1967 POB: M’Hamid, Wilaya (province) of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Yahia Abou Ammar b) Abou Ala Low quality a.k.a.: naNationality: Algeria Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on: 3 Jul. 2008 ( amended on 15 Nov. 2012, 15 Nov. 2021, 8 Nov. 2022, 2 Feb. 2023, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 8 Nov. 2022, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Located in Northern Mali as of Jun. 2008. Reportedly deceased killed on 25 as of February 2022 in Timbuktu, Mali. Belonged to the leadership of the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (listed under permanent reference number QDe.014). Located in Northern Mali as of Jun. 2008. Mother’s name is Zohra Fares. Father’s name is Mohamed INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.252 Name: 1: AHMED 2: DEGHDEGH 3: na 4: na
    Name (original script): أحمد دغداغ
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 17 Jan. 1967 POB: Anser, Wilaya (province) of Jijel, Algeria  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abd El Illah b) Abdellillah dit Abdellah Ahmed dit Said c) ABD EL ILAH d) ABOU ABDELLAH AHMED e) SAID DIT MERRIKH Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: Algeria Passport no: naNational identification no: na Address: Algeria  Listed on: 3 Jul. 2008 ( amended on 24 Mar. 2009, 15 Nov. 2012, 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Belongs to the leadership and is the finance chief of the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (QDe.014). Mother’s name is Zakia Chebira. Father’s name is Lakhdar. Reportedly died in Algeria in 2020 . INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.291 Name: 1: IBRAHIM 2: HASSAN 3: TALI 4: AL-ASIRI
    Name (original script): إبراهيم حسن طالع العسيري
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 19 Apr. 1982 b) 18 Apr. 1982 c) (24/06/1402 (Hijri Calendar)) POB: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Ibrahim Hassan Tali Asiri (إبراهيم حسن طالع عسيري)b) Ibrahim Hasan Talea Aseeri c) Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri d) Ibrahim Hasan Tali Asiri e) Ibrahim Hassan Tali Assiri f) Ibrahim Hasan Tali’A ‘Asiri g) Ibrahim Hasan Tali al-‘Asiri h) Ibrahim al-‘Asiri i) Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri Low quality a.k.a.: a) Abu Saleh b) Abosslah c) Abu-Salaah Nationality: Saudi Arabia Passport no: Saudi Arabia number F654645, issued on 30 Apr. 2005 (expired on 7 Mar. 2010. Issue date in Hijri Calendar 24/06/1426. Expiry date in Hijri Calendar 21/03/1431.)  National identification no: Saudi Arabia civil identification number 1028745097 Address: Yemen  Listed on: 24 Mar. 2011 ( amended on 15 Apr. 2014, 15 Jun. 2015, 9 May 2018, 15 Nov. 2021, 8 Nov. 2022, 2 Feb. 2023, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 8 Nov. 2022, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Operative and principal bomb maker of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) (QDe.129). Believed to be hiding in Yemen as at Mar. 2011. Wanted by Saudi Arabia. Reportedly deceased in 2017. Also associated with Nasir ‘abd-al-Karim ‘Abdullah Al-Wahishi (deceased), Qasim Yahya Mahdi al-Rimi (QDi.282), and Anwar Nasser Abdulla Al-Aulaqi (QDi.283) (deceased) INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.294 Name: 1: UMAR 2: PATEK 3: na 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 20 Jul. 1966 POB: Central Java, Indonesia  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Omar Patek b) Mike Arsalan c) Hisyam Bin Zein d) Anis Alawi Jafar Low quality a.k.a.: a) Pa’tek b) Pak Taekc) Umar Kecil d) Al Abu Syekh Al Zacky e) Umangis Mike Nationality: Indonesia Passport no: naNational identification no: na Address: Indonesia  Listed on: 19 Jul. 2011 ( amended on 23 Feb. 2012, 22 Sep. 2017, 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Senior member of Jemaah Islamiyah (QDe.092) involved in planning and funding multiple terrorist attacks in the Philippines and Indonesia. Provided training to Abu Sayyaf Group (QDe.001). Convicted for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings and sentenced to 20 years in prison in Jun. 2012. Remains in custody in Indonesia as at May 2015. Released on parole in 2022 and as at late 2025, he operated a business in Surabaya, Indonesia. Remains in custody in Indonesia as at May 2015. Photos included in INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.295 Name: 1: MUHAMMAD 2: JIBRIL 3: ABDUL RAHMAN 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 28 May 1984 b) 3 Dec. 1979 c) 3 Mar. 1979 (from false passport) ) d) 8 Aug. 1980 (information derived from forged Indonesia passport No.S335026) POB: East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Mohammad Jibril Abdurrahmanb) Muhammad Jibriel Abdul Rahman c) Mohammad Jibriel Abdurrahman d) Muhamad Ricky Ardhan born 8 Aug. 1980 (appears in false Indonesian passport number S335026) e) Muhammad Ricky Ardhan bin Muhammad Iqbal f) Muhammad Ricky Ardhan bin Abu Jibril Low quality a.k.a.: a) Muhammad Yunus b) Heris Syah Nationality: Indonesia Passport no: na Indonesia number S335026 (forged Indonesian passport) National identification no: a) Indonesian national identity card number 3219222002.2181558 b) Identification number 2181558 Address: a) Jalan M. Saidi RT 010 RW 001 Pesanggrahan, South Petukangan, South Jakarta, Indonesia b) Jalan Nakula of Witana Harja Complex Block C, Pamulang, Banten, Indonesia  Listed on: 12 Aug. 2011 ( amended on 24 Nov. 2020, 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 24 Nov. 2020, 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Senior member of Jemaah Islamiyah (QDe.092) directly involved in obtaining funding for terrorist attacks. Sentenced in Indonesia to five years in prison on 29 Jun. 2010. Father’s name is Mohamad Iqbal Abdurrahman (QDi.086) INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.300 Name: 1: MONIR 2: CHOUKA 3: na 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 30 Jul. 1981 POB: Bonn, Germany  Good quality a.k.a.: ABU HAMZALow quality a.k.a.: Abu Adam Nationality: a) Germany b) Morocco Passport no: Germany number 5208323009, issued on 2 Feb. 2007, issued in Stadt Bonn, Germany (expires on 1 Feb. 2012)  National identification no: Germany National Identification Number 5209530116, issued on 21 Jun. 2006, issued in Stadt Bonn, Germany (expired on 20 Jun. 2011)  Address: a) Ungartenstraße 6, Bonn, 53229, Germany (previous), b) Syrian Arab Republic (as at 2023) Listed on: 25 Jan. 2012 ( amended on 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Associated with Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (QDe.010). Associated with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115), between October 2015 and August 2016. Brother of Yassin Chouka (QDi.301) Arrest warrant issued by the investigating judge of the German Federal Court of Justice on 5 Oct. 2010 INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.304 Name: 1: MOCHAMMAD 2: ACHWAN 3: na 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 4 May 1948 b) 4 May 1946 POB: Tulungagung, Indonesia  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Muhammad Achwan b) Muhammad Akhwan c) Mochtar Achwan d) Mochtar Akhwane) Mochtar Akwan Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: Indonesia Passport no: na Indonesia number C3967156 National identification no: a) Indonesia National Identity Card 3573010405480001b) Indonesia National Identity Card 353010405480001 Address: Jalan Ir. H. Juanda 8/10, RT/RW 002/001, Jodipan, Blimbing, Malang, 65127, Indonesia  Listed on: 12 Mar. 2012 ( amended on 15 Nov. 2021, 27 May 2022, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Acting emir of Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT) (QDe.133). Associated with Abu Bakar Ba’asyir (QDi.217), Abdul Rahim Ba’aysir (QDi.293) and Jemaah Islamiyah (QDe.092) INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.375 Name: 1: BOUBAKER 2: BEN HABIB 3: BEN AL-HAKIM 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 1 Aug. 1983 POB: Paris, France  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Boubakeur el-Hakim b) Boubaker el Hakim Low quality a.k.a.: a) Abou al Moukatel b) Abou Mouqatel c) Abu-Muqatil al-Tunisi d) El Hakim Boubakeur Nationality: a) France b) Tunisia Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: Syrian Arab Republic (as at Sep. 2015)  Listed on: 29 Sep. 2015 ( amended on 24 Jun. 2016, 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: French-Tunisian foreign terrorist fighter for Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). Reportedly killed in Raqqa, Syria on 26 November 2016.  INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.376 Name: 1: PETER 2: CHERIF 3: na 4: na Title: na Designation: na DOB: 26 Aug. 1982POB: Paris, 20th district, France  Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: FrancePassport no: na National identification no: na Address: Al Mukalla, Hadramawt province, Yemen Listed on: 29 Sep. 2015 ( amended on 24 Jun. 2016, 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Member of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) (QDe.129). Convicted in absentia to five years in prison in France in 2012. Sentenced to life imprisonment by a French court on 3 October 2024.Wanted by French authorities as of 2015 INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.389 Name: 1: ABU UBAYDAH 2: YUSUF 3: AL-ANABI 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 7 Feb. 1969 POB: Annaba, Algeria  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abou Obeida Youssef Al-Annabi b) Abu-Ubaydah Yusuf Al-Inabi Low quality a.k.a.: a) Mebrak Yazid b) Youcef Abu Obeida c) Mibrak Yazid d) Yousif Abu Obayda Yazid e) Yazid Mebrak f) Yazid Mabrak g) Yusuf Abu Ubaydah h) Abou Youcef Nationality: Algeria Passport no: na National identification no: naAddress: Algeria  Listed on: 29 Feb. 2016 ( amended on 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026 )  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: A leader of the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014). Father’s name is Omar Mebrak. Mother’s name is Zohra Mebrak.  Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    B. Entities

    QDe.015 Name: WAFA HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION
    A.k.a.: a) Al Wafa b) Al Wafa Organization c) Wafa Al-Igatha Al-Islamia F.k.a.: na Address: a) Jordan House No. 125, Street 54, Phase II Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan (at time of listing) b) Kuwait (at time of listing) c b) United Arab Emirates (at time of listing) d c) Afghanistan (at time of listing)  Listed on: 6 Oct. 2001 ( amended on 21 Mar. 2012, 6 Dec. 2019, 10 Sep. 2020, 8 Nov. 2022, 18 Aug. 2026) Review concluded on: 21 Jun. 2010, 4 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information:Headquarters was in Kandahar, Afghanistan as at 2001. Wafa was a component of Al-Qaida (QDe.004) in 2001. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDe.068 Name: Ummah Tameer E-Nau (UTN)
    A.k.a.: na F.k.a.: na Address: a) Street 13, Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan b) Pakistan Listed on:24 Dec. 2001 (amended on 13 Dec. 2011, 15 Nov. 2021, 13 Aug. 2026, 18 Aug. 2026) Review concluded on: 21 Jun. 2010, 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Its directors included Mahmood Sultan Bashir-Ud-Din (QDi.055). Banned in Pakistan. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDe.069 Afghan Support Committee (ASC)
    A.k.a.: a) Lajnat ul Masa Eidatul Afghania b) Jamiat Ayat-ur-Rhas al Islamiac c) Jamiat Ihya ul Turath al Islamia d) Ahya ul Turas F.k.a.: na Address: a) Headquarters – G.T. Road (probably Grand Trunk Road), near Pushtoon Garhi Pabbi, Peshawar, Pakistan b)Cheprahar Hadda, Mia Omar Sabaqah School, Jalabad, Afghanistan  Listed on: 11 Jan. 2002 ( amended on 13 Dec. 2011, 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026) Review concluded on: 8 Jun. 2010, 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Associated with the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (QDe.070). Abu Bakr al-Jaziri (QDi.058) served as finance chief of ASC. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDe.096 Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ)
    A.k.a.: na F.k.a.: na Address: na Listed on: 3 Feb. 2003 (amended on 13 Dec. 2011, 20 Nov. 2017, 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026) Review concluded on: 23 Dec. 2016, 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Based primarily in Pakistan’s Punjab region and in the city of Karachi. Active in Pakistan although  bBanned in Pakistan as at 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDe.104 Name: AL-HARAMAIN FOUNDATION (PAKISTAN)
     A.k.a.: na F.k.a.: na Address: House #279, Nazimuddin Road, F-10/1, Islamabad, Pakistan (at time of listing)  Listed on: 26 Jan. 2004 ( amended on 21 Mar. 2012, 24 Nov. 2020, 8 Nov. 2022, 18 Aug. 2026) Review concluded on: 19 Oct. 2009, 24 Nov. 2020, 8 Nov. 2022, 31 Dec. 2025  Other information: As at late 2025, it was not active and had no structures in Pakistan. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDe.119 Name: ISLAMIC JIHAD GROUP
     A.k.a.: a) Jama’at al-Jihad b) Libyan Society c) Kazakh Jama’at d) Jamaat Mojahedin e) Jamiyatf) Jamiat al-Jihad al-Islami g) Dzhamaat Modzhakhedov h) Islamic Jihad Group of Uzbekistan i) al-Djihad al-Islami j) Zamaat Modzhakhedov Tsentralnoy Asii k) Islamic Jihad Union F.k.a.: naAddress: na Listed on: 1 Jun. 2005 (amended on 19 Apr. 2006, 20 Feb. 2008, 13 Dec. 2011, 24 Nov. 2020, 18 Aug. 2026) Review concluded on: 20 May 2010, 24 Nov. 2020, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Founded and led by Najmiddin Kamolitdinovich Jalolov (reportedly deceased) and Suhayl Fatilloevich Buranov (reportedly deceased). Its activities are funded and coordinated by Al-Qaida.Associated with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (QDe.010) and Emarat Kavkaz (QDe.131). Active in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, Central Asia, South Asia region and some European States. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDe.129 Name: AL-QAIDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA (AQAP)
    Name (original script): القاعدة في جزيرة العرب
    A.k.a.: a) Al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Arabian Peninsula b) Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Jazirat al-Arab c) Al-Qaida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) d) Al-Qaida in the South Arabian Peninsula e) Ansar al-Shari’a (AAS) F.k.a.: Al-Qaida in Yemen (AQY) Address: na Listed on: 19 Jan. 2010 ( amended on 4 Oct. 2012, 15 Jun. 2015, 24 Jun. 2016, 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026)   Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: AQAP is a regional affiliate of Al-Qaida (QDe.004) and an armed group operating primarily in Arabian Peninsula. Location: Yemen. Alternative location: Saudi Arabia (2004 – 2006). Formed in Jan. 2009 when Al-Qaida in Yemen combined with Saudi Arabian Al-Qaida operatives. Leader of AQAP is Sa’ad bin Atef al-Awlaki Qasim Mohamed Mahdi Al-Rimi (QDi.282). Ansar al-Shari’a was formed in early 2011 by AQAP and has taken responsibility for multiple attacks in Yemen against both government and civilian targets. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDe.134 Name: MOUVEMENT POUR L’UNIFICATION ET LE JIHAD EN AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST (MUJAO)
    Name (original script): حركة التوحيد والجهاد في غرب إفريقيا
    A.k.a.: na F.k.a.: na Address: a) Mali b) Algeria  Listed on: 5 Dec. 2012 (amended on 15 Nov. 2021, 18 Aug. 2026)  Review concluded on: 15 Nov. 2021, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Associated with The Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, (QDe.014), Al Mourabitoun (QDe.141), and Mokhtar Belmokhtar (QDi.136). Active in the Sahel/Sahara region. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    In accordance with paragraph 61 of resolution 2734 (2024), the Committee has made accessible on its website the narrative summaries of reasons for listing of the above entries at the following URL:  https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries.

    The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List is updated regularly on the basis of relevant information provided by Member States and international and regional organizations.  An updated List is accessible on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee’s website at the following URL:  https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list.

    The United Nations Security Council Consolidated List is also updated following all changes made to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List. An updated version of the Consolidated List is accessible via the following URL:  https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/un-sc-consolidated-list.

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  • August 17, 2026: Canada’s turn…

    On August 14, 2026, the UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee amended four entries on its sanctions list. For more information, consult the Press Release.

    This amendment takes effect immediately under Canadian sanctions legislation, pursuant to the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Taliban, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida.

    For further information on UN Security Council sanctions list, consult:

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  • August 17, 2026: SECO updates its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions lists

    The FINMA Notice:

    Updated sanctions notice: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida

    The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has published an amendment to the list of sanctioned natural persons, companies and organizations under the Ordinance of 21 March 2025 on measures against persons and organizations associated with the organizations ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida (SR 946.231.08).

    By decision of 13 August 2026, the competent UN Sanctions Committee amended the list of persons, companies and organizations sanctioned in this context. The amendment is directly applicable in Switzerland. SECO has therefore updated SESAM (SECO Sanctions Management), the sanctions database that is authoritative for Switzerland, on 14 August 2026, and has published the update on its website.

    The update:

    ISIL-Daesh-und-Al-Kaida_Delta_2026-08-17.pdfDownload

    The update files – PDF, XML

    The consolidated program list

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  • August 17, 2026: OFSI catches up to 2 rounds of UNSC updates

    UK Gov logo, 50% resolution.png

    Today, Monday 17 August, the UK Government has varied the designations of 6 individuals and 2 entities sanctioned under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Regime. This reflects the recent updates to these listings made by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015).

    Varied Individuals:

    Name:UN ID:Unique ID:
    Mohammed Salahadlin Abd El Halim ZIDANAQDi.001AQD0312
    Adem YILMAZQDi.261AQD0120
    Shafi Sultan Mohammed AL-AJMIQDi.338AQD0314
    Amin Muhammad Ul Haq SAAM KHANQDi.0002AQD0136
    Abubakar SWALLEHQDi.436AQD0388
    Hamidah NABAGALAQDi.439AQD0391

    Varied Entities:

    Name:UN ID:Unique ID:
    UMMAH TAMEER E-NAU (UTN)QDe.068AQD0083
    ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND THE LEVANT – KHORASAN (ISIL-K)QDe.161AQD0357

    The notice includes links to both UNSC releases (the note verbale, not the press release).

    And here’s OFSI’s Sanctions Notice:

    Sanctions_Notice__Isil__Da_esh__and_Al-Qaeda__17_August_2026Download

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  • August 14, 2026: 4 more amendments from the UNSC ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee

    The United Nations Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch (the Secretariat) conveys updates to the Committees’ lists and to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List, to States, regional and sub-regional organizations, and private entities/individuals by e-mail after updates are made to the Lists. At this time, not all documents are available in all languages.

    The updates to the list mentioned in the subject above were made on 14 August 2026.  

    To this effect, please see the United Nations Security Council Press Release.

    Please see the note verbale addressed to Permanent Representatives and Observers to the United Nations in New York conveying the changes made.

    An updated version of the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List is accessible in XML and HTML formats in all United Nations official languages at the following URL: United Nations Security Council Consolidated List | Security Council

    A log of all updates to the list since 2018, regardless of mechanism, can be found here: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/list-updates-unsc-consolidated-list

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    The Note Verbale:

    SCA 2 26 (10) Amendments to Four Entries_14AugDownload

    and the press release:

    SC/16433

    14 August 2026

    Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Four Entries on Its Sanctions List

    On 14 August 2026, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2734 (2024), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

    A. Individuals

    QDi.002 Name: 1: AMIN 2: MUHAMMAD 3: UL HAQ 4: SAAM KHAN
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 30 Apr. 1963 b) 1960 POB: Qilagho village, Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Al-Haq, Amin b) Amin, MuhammadLow quality a.k.a.: a) Dr. Amin b) Ul-Haq, Dr. Amin Nationality: Afghanistan Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Kabul, Afghanistan (as of June 2026) Listed on: 25 Jan. 2001 ( amended on 18 Jul. 2007, 16 Dec. 2010, 6 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 2 Feb. 2023, 14 Aug. 2026)  Review concluded on: 15 Jun. 2010, 4 Dec. 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 31 Dec. 2025 Other information: Security coordinator for Usama bin Laden (deceased). Repatriated to Afghanistan in February 2006. He was in Afghanistan as of August 2021. Arrested in Pakistan 2024 and deported to Afghanistan in 2025. Father’s name: Abdul Rahman. Photo and fingerprints available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2006-21201.

    QDi.436 Name: 1: ABUBAKAR 2: SWALLEH 3: na 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 13 Jan. 1992 b) 16 Mar. 1993  POB: Mengo, Uganda  Good quality a.k.a.: a) ABUBAKER SWALEH b) TOM KIYURIGE Low quality a.k.a.: na ISAAC MUPETANationality: Uganda Passport no: Uganda number A00195974, expires on 16 Dec. 2029 National identification no: Uganda CM920231090NZA Address: Luzira Prison, Luzira, Kampala, Uganda  Listed on: 16 Jun. 2025 (amended on 14 Aug. 2026) Other information: Abubakar Swalleh provides financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to, or in support of, ISIL (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). He acted, since 2018, as an ISIL facilitator who provides financial and logistic support including recruitment for ISIL in East and Southern Africa. Phone number: +963936016952. Gender: Male. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2025-47413.

    QDi.439 Name: 1: HAMIDA 2: NABAGGALA 3: na 4: na
    Name (original script): حميدة ناباجالا Title: na Designation: na DOB: 23 Feb. 1989 POB: Uganda Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: a) NABAGGALA b) NABAGGAKA c) HAMIDA d) HAMIDAHNationality: Uganda 
    Passport no: na National identification no: Uganda CF89095102DDAE, expires 27 Mar. 2025Address: Democratic Republic of the Congo Listed on: 30 Mar. 2026 ( amended on 8 Jul. 2026, 14 Aug. 2026) Other information: Works as a mediator in financing channels for ISIL in Central Africa, has been charged with financing a bombing that occurred in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, in 2021, attempted to coerce her three children in Uganda to send them to ISIL camps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gender: Female. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2026-23487.

    B. Entities

    QDe.161 Name: ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND THE LEVANT – KHORASAN (ISIL-K) A.k.a.: a) ISIL KHORASAN b) ISLAMIC STATE’S KHORASAN PROVINCE c) ISIS WILAYAT KHORASAN d) ISIL’S SOUTH ASIA BRANCH e) SOUTH ASIAN CHAPTER OF ISIL f) The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham—Khorasan Province g) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—Khorasan h) Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in Khorasan Province i) Islamic State Khurasan j) ISIS-K k) ISISK l) IS-Khorasan m) ISLAMIC STATE KHORASAN PROVINCE (ISKP) F.k.a.: na Address: na Listed on: 14 May 2019 ( amended on 1 Apr. 2022, 14 Aug. 2026) Review concluded on: 7 Nov. 2024 Other information: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL – K) was formed on January 10, 2015 by a former Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (QDe.132) commander and was established by former Taliban faction commanders who swore an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). ISIL – K has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities#2019-54448.

    In accordance with paragraph 61 of resolution 2734 (2024), the Committee has made accessible on its website the narrative summaries of reasons for listing of the above entries at the following URL:  https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries.

    The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List is updated regularly on the basis of relevant information provided by Member States and international and regional organizations.  An updated List is accessible on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee’s website at the following URL:  https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list.

    The United Nations Security Council Consolidated List is also updated following all changes made to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List. An updated version of the Consolidated List is accessible via the following URL:  https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/un-sc-consolidated-list.

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  • August 13/14, 2026: UN amends 4 under ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida program – and Canada follows right behind

    The UN notice:

    The United Nations Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch (the Secretariat) conveys updates to the Committees’ lists and to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List, to States, regional and sub-regional organizations, and private entities/individuals by e-mail after updates are made to the Lists. At this time, not all documents are available in all languages.

    The updates to the list mentioned in the subject above were made on 13 August 2026.  

    To this effect, please see the United Nations Security Council Press Release.

    Please see the note verbale addressed to Permanent Representatives and Observers to the United Nations in New York conveying the changes made.

    An updated version of the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List is accessible in XML and HTML formats in all United Nations official languages at the following URL: United Nations Security Council Consolidated List | Security Council

    A log of all updates to the list since 2018, regardless of mechanism, can be found here:https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/list-updates-unsc-consolidated-list

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    The note verbale:

    SCA 2 26 (09) Amendments to Four EntriesDownload

    and the press release:

    SC/16432

    13 August 2026

    Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Amends Four Entries on Its Sanctions List

    On 13 August 2026, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities enacted the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entries below on its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2734 (2024), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

    A. Individuals

    QDi.001 Name: 1: MOHAMMED 2: SALAHALDIN 3: ABD EL HALIM 4: ZIDANE
    Name (original script): محمد صلاح الدين عبدالحليم زيدان
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 11 Apr. 1963 POB: Monufia Governate, Egypt  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Sayf-Al Adl (DOB: 11 Apr. 1963. POB: Monufia Governorate, Egypt. Nationality: Egypt. In Arabic: سيف العدل ) b) Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi (DOB: a) 11 Apr. 1960 b) 11 Apr. 1963. POB: Egypt. Nationality: Egypt)  Low quality a.k.a.: a) Ibrahim al-Madani b) Saif Al-‘Adil c) Seif al Adel  d) Salem al-Sharif (سالم الشريف)   e)  Hazem al-Madani  f)  Aber Sabil  g)  Muhannad Salem  h)  Abu Khaled al-San’ani  Nationality: Egypt Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on: 25 Jan. 2001 ( amended on 16 Dec. 2010, 24 Jul. 2013, 15 Feb. 2017, 29 Mar. 2019, 1 May 2019, 8 Nov. 2022, 13 Aug. 2026 )  Other information: Responsible for Usama bin Laden’s (deceased) security. Hair: Dark. Eyes: Dark. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 15 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2253 (2015) was concluded on 21 February 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 8 November 2022. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.261 Name: 1: ADEM 2: YILMAZ 3: na 4: na
    Title: na Designation: na DOB: 4 Nov. 1978 POB: Bayburt, Türkiye Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: Talha Nationality: Türkiye Passport no: Türkiye number TR-P 614 166 (issued by the Turkish Consulate General in Frankfurt/M. on 22 Mar. 2006, expired on 15 Sep. 2009.)  National identification no: na Address: a) Südliche Ringstrasse 133, Langen, 63225, Germany (previous address) b) Atalar Neighborhood Aslı Street 24/5, 34860 Kartal, Istanbul Türkiye c) Atalar Mahallesi, Atalar mahallesi aslı sokak no 24/5, 34862 Kartal İstanbul, Türkiye Listed on: 27 Oct. 2008 ( amended on 13 Dec. 2011, 6 Dec. 2019, 30 Oct. 2023, 14 Dec. 2023, 13 Aug. 2026 )  Other information: Associated with the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), also known as the Islamic Jihad Group (QDe.119). Deported from Germany to Türkiye in February 2019. Ongoing judicial process as of November 2023. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 30 October 2023. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    QDi.338 Name: 1: SHAFI 2: SULTAN 3: MOHAMMED SULTAN 4: AL-AJMI
    Original script: شافي سلطان محمد سلطان العجمي
    Title: Doctor  Designation: na DOB: 1 Jan. 1973 POB: Warah, Kuwait  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Shafi al-Ajmi b) Sheikh Shafi al-Ajmi c) Shafi S. M. S. Alajmi Low quality a.k.a.: Shaykh Abu-SultanNationality: Kuwait Passport no: a) Kuwait 03111298  b) Kuwait 003111298, issued in Kuwait on 16 September 2010, expired 15 September 2020 in the name of Shafi S M S Alajmi, Arabic script شافي سلطان محمد سلطان العجمي   c) 0216155930 National identification no: naKuwait 273010101204  Address: Area 3, Street 327, Building 41, Al-Uqaylah, Kuwait  Listed on: 23 Sep. 2014 ( amended on 24 Nov. 2020, 22 Aug. 2025, 13 Aug. 2026)  Other information: Fundraiser for Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (formerly listed). In November 2023, he was released from prison in Kuwait as part of the Special Amiri Decree Pardon No. 225/2023. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 24 November 2020. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

    B. Entities

    QDe.068 Name: UMMAH TAMEER E-NAU (UTN)
    A.k.a.: ` na F.k.a.: na Address: a) Street 13, Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan b) Pakistan Listed on: 24 Dec. 2001 ( amended on 13 Dec. 2011, 15 Nov. 2021, 13 Aug. 2026) Other information: Its directors included Mahmood Sultan Bashir-Ud-Din (QDi.055), Majeed Abdul Chaudhry (QDi.054) and Mohammed Tufail (QDi.056). Banned in Pakistan. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 15 November 2021. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities.

    In accordance with paragraph 61 of resolution 2734 (2024), the Committee has made accessible on its website the narrative summaries of reasons for listing of the above entries at the following URL: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list/summaries.

    The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List is updated regularly on the basis of relevant information provided by Member States and international and regional organizations. An updated List is accessible on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee’s website at the following URL:  https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list.

    The United Nations Security Council Consolidated List is also updated following all changes made to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List. An updated version of the Consolidated List is accessible via the following URL: https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/un-sc-consolidated-list.

    and, today, we got a notice that Canada was implementing these changes, too:

    On August 13, 2026, the UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee amended four entries on its sanctions list. For more information, consult the Press Release.

    This amendment takes effect immediately under Canadian sanctions legislation, pursuant to the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Taliban, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida.

    For further information on UN Security Council sanctions list, consult:

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  • August 7, 2026: OFAC Update, Part 1: removals from narcotics program, additions to Iran and counter-terror sanctions

    Counter Terrorism and Iran-related Designations; Counter Narcotics Designations Removals; Issuance of Amended Iran-related Frequently Asked Question

    Treasury Press Release: Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchanges Funding Iran’s IRGC and Enabling Illicit Finance

    State Press Release: Targeting Digital Asset Exchanges Fueling the Iranian Regime

    Treasury Press Release: Treasury Dismantles Iranian Regime’s Global Clandestine Currency Networks

    State Press Release: Severing Iran’s Illicit Cash Pipeline

    Additions:

    The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

    OFAC Program: [IRAN-EO13902]  Executive Order 13902

    GHASEMPOUR, Saeed

    • AKA: GHASEMPUR, Sa’id
    • Address: Iran
    • DOB: 10 Feb 1980
    • POB: Babol, Iran
    • Nationality: Iran
    • Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
    • Gender: Male
    • National ID No.: 2060455065 (Iran)
    • Party Type: Individual
    • Linked to: BANK-E SHAHR

    Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Ghasempour as a Shahr Bank employee who worked closely with FSAQ and Alps International and coordinated with Russia’s sanctioned VTB Bank on currency conversions. He is designated for having acted on behalf of Shahr Bank.

    HENDI, Amir

    • Address: Iran
    • DOB: 05 Nov 1982
    • POB: Tehran, Iran
    • Nationality: Iran
    • Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
    • Gender: Male
    • National ID No.: 0074773585 (Iran)
    • Party Type: Individual
    • Linked to: TITAN EXCHANGE

    Supplemental Information: Treasury’s press release describes Hendi as an IT specialist who provided infrastructure support to Titan Exchange; the accompanying designation rationale cites his having acted on behalf of FSAQ rather than Titan Exchange directly.

    MOHAMMAD, Peivand

    • AKA: MOHAMMAD, Peyvand
    • Address: Iran
    • DOB: 21 Jan 1991
    • POB: Iran
    • Nationality: Iran
    • Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
    • Gender: Male
    • National ID No.: 0013132229 (Iran)
    • Party Type: Individual
    • Linked to: FARAB SOROUSH AFAGH QESHM COMPANY

    Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Mohammad as an FSAQ employee who, along with Shima Sharifi, coordinates invoices and payments enabling FSAQ’s sanctions evasion activities. He is designated for having acted on behalf of FSAQ.

    SHARIFI, Shima

    • Address: Iran
    • DOB: 28 Jun 1992
    • POB: Tehran, Iran
    • Nationality: Iran
    • Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
    • Gender: Female
    • National ID No.: 0014985241 (Iran)
    • Party Type: Individual

    Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Sharifi, alongside Peivand Mohammad, as an FSAQ employee who coordinates invoices and payments enabling FSAQ’s sanctions evasion activities. Unlike Mohammad, Ghasempour, and Hendi, her SDN entry carries no Linked To party; Treasury’s designation basis for her is operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy rather than acting on behalf of a specific party.

    OFAC Programs:

    • [SDGT]  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594
    • [IRGC]  Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 561

    KAYVANPOUR, Siavash

    • AKA:
      • “HASHEM, Siavash”
      • “KAIVANPOUR, Siavash”
      • “KIWAN PORT, Siyawesh”
    • Address: Kish, Iran; Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • DOB: 12 Jul 1979
    • POB: Iran
    • Nationality: Iran; alt. Dominica; alt. Afghanistan
    • Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
    • Gender: Male
    • Digital Currency Address – XBT: 15Zt2mKuQ5Qy6DEXfDcbtsEVneoGQQXrS4; alt. 1BUXxhcwzFukm9CUxnhag85sSXDkMRbXse
    • Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x8d79c73daae8630c88de372ba8f57592fa987607
    • Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
    • Digital Currency Address – TRX: TPgxjjB6AJeMSQFngbUM6dMMxPHa9GEtYa
    • Passport: RA003752 (Dominica)
    • National ID No.: 784-1979-5841714-5 (United Arab Emirates)
    • Party Type: Individual

    Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Kayvanpour as Iranian-born with additional citizenship from Dominica and Afghanistan, residing in the UAE and operating a multi-jurisdiction network of digital-currency companies. IRGC-linked digital currency addresses reportedly sent the equivalent of over $1 million to Shelbit Exchange addresses, with more than $2 million transferred back to IRGC addresses; addresses controlled by Kayvanpour separately sent over $2 million to the previously designated Nobitex exchange. He is designated under E.O. 13224, as amended, for materially assisting the IRGC and Nobitex. Treasury also ties the Shelbit platform to a Persian-language online gambling network run by two Iranian influencers — convicted of illegal gambling in Iran in 2023 but, per Treasury, still operating with access to Iran’s Central Bank-regulated payment system — through which tens of millions of dollars were laundered.

    The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

    OFAC Program: [IRAN-EO13902]  Executive Order 13902

    ABAN TETHER EXCHANGE

    • AKA:
      • ABAN TABADEL ARSABARAN
      • ABANTETHER
    • Address: Ground Floor, No. 8, Gozar Merdad Alley, Qods Town (West), Tehran 1465663166, Iran
    • Website: abantether.com
    • Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions
    • Organization Established Date: 26 Aug 2020
    • Organization Type: Financial and Insurance Activities
    • National ID No.: 14009392670 (Iran)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Aban Tether as an Iran-based digital asset exchange that has processed millions of dollars in transactions involving other previously designated Iranian exchanges, including Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

    ALPS INTERNATIONAL L.L.C-FZ

    • Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Organization Established Date: 20 Dec 2022
    • License: 2205337.01 (United Arab Emirates); alt. DE7365 (United Arab Emirates)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Alps International as executing payments on behalf of FSAQ, generating invoices on the letterhead of whichever shell company is chosen to receive funds and coordinating payments through that shell’s bank accounts; in 2026 it reportedly enabled hundreds of millions of dollars in multi-currency transactions. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

    AYDENIZ GENERAL TRADING L.L.C

    • Address: Office 1205, Riggat Al Buteen, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Organization Established Date: 18 Jul 2023
    • License: 1210220 (United Arab Emirates); alt. CH5145 (United Arab Emirates)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Aydeniz General Trading as a Dubai-based Iranian front company used to facilitate transactions with Iranian exchange houses, including Sadaf Exchange, which it ties to Iran’s military shadow-banking apparatus. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

    BLUE DASH GENERAL TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

    • Address: Unit 32, 3/F, Block A, The K-Star, Manning Industrial Building 118, How Ming St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    • Organization Established Date: 31 Jul 2019
    • Company Number: 2858512 (Hong Kong)
    • Business Registration Number: 71017662 (Hong Kong)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Blue Dash as a Hong Kong front company that has been a recurring counterparty in Iranian shadow-banking activity, facilitating transactions for exchange houses such as Pedram Pirouzan and Amin Exchanges on behalf of sanctions evaders, including the Shamkhani shipping network. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

    CAILAFANG PTE. LTD.

    • Address: 60, Paya Lebar Square, 54, Paya Lebar Road, Singapore
    • Organization Established Date: 15 Jan 2024
    • Registration Number: 202402130H (Singapore)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury states Cailafang, a Singapore-based company, has been used by FSAQ and Alps International since late 2025 to enable tens of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian trade. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

    GLEAMING HK TRADING LIMITED

    • Address: Unit 33A, 3/F, The K-Star, Manning Industrial Center, 116-118, How Ming St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    • Organization Established Date: 09 Jun 2020
    • Company Number: 2950107 (Hong Kong)
    • Business Registration Number: 71948314 (Hong Kong)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury pairs Gleaming HK Trading with Blue Dash as a recurring Hong Kong front-company counterparty in the same shadow-banking activity, facilitating transactions for Iranian exchange houses on behalf of sanctions evaders including the Shamkhani network. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

    OVIEDO OVERSEAS COMPANY LIMITED

    • Address: Room 11, 8/F, On Cheong Factory Building, No. 19 Tai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, China
    • Organization Established Date: 09 Sep 2025
    • Business Registration Number: 78761549 (Hong Kong)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury states Oviedo Overseas, a Hong Kong company established in September 2025, has been used by FSAQ and Alps International to complete transaction orders worth millions of dollars in mid-2026. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

    TITAN EXCHANGE

    • AKA:
      • TITAN ENERGY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TRADING CO. L.L.C
      • TITAN LAND PETROCHEMICALS TRADING L.L.C
    • Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • License: 1288764 (United Arab Emirates); alt. 820100 (United Arab Emirates); alt. BC2364 (United Arab Emirates); alt. DA7564 (United Arab Emirates)
    • Linked to: BANK-E SHAHR

    Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Titan Exchange as one of two Dubai-based exchange-house fronts relied on by Shahr Bank and its rahbar network, holding tens of millions of dollars on Shahr Bank’s behalf as of early 2026 and closely affiliated with Iranian financier Hossein Ghorbani Zahed, previously sanctioned for supporting the Shamkhani illicit shipping network. Treasury’s crypto-focused release separately describes Amir Hendi as providing IT infrastructure support to Titan Exchange.

    OFAC Program: [SDGT]  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

    CRYPTO HOME DMCC

    • Address: DMCC Business Centre, BA 1024, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Digital Currency Address – XBT: 1G1V1b9s9uPsFCNL15ibZk44xsVygKsP2u
    • Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0xbb69e01921b17cd22080968bcc96ba6115da6062
    • Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
    • Organization Established Date: 08 Mar 2022
    • Organization Type: Financial and Insurance Activities
    • Digital Currency Address – BNB: bnb136ns6lfw4zs5hg4n85vdthaad7hq5m4gtkgf23
    • Digital Currency Address – TRX: TTVJuXWCusAURrpNShiypauagEH1N4CrxV
    • Commercial Registry Number: DMCC192801 (United Arab Emirates)
    • Company Number: AE0120005822 (United Arab Emirates)
    • License: DMCC-839525 (United Arab Emirates)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Crypto Home as a UAE company for which Kayvanpour serves as sole manager, designated for being owned or directed by him. The UAE’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority took enforcement action against Crypto Home in January 2025, though it reportedly remained in business.

    NFT HOME DMCC

    • AKA: “NFT HOME DMSC”
    • Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
    • Organization Established Date: 19 May 2022
    • Organization Type: Wholesale and retail trade
    • Commercial Registry Number: DMCC193420 (United Arab Emirates)
    • License: DMCC-846344 (United Arab Emirates)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies NFT Home as a second UAE company for which Kayvanpour serves as sole manager, designated on the same ownership/control basis as Crypto Home.

    SHELBIT GENERAL TRADING LLC

    • AKA:
      • “SHELBIT”
      • “SHELBIT EXCHANGE”
    • Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    • Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
    • Registration Number: 3334083 (United Arab Emirates)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies this entity (referred to in its press release as “General Trading”) as the UAE company operating commercially as Shelbit Exchange. The UAE’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority issued enforcement actions against it in January 2025 and again in July 2026, though it reportedly remained in business; it is designated for being owned or directed by SHPS Shelbit.

    SHELBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA W LIKWIDACJI

    • AKA:
      • “SHELBIT LTD”
      • “SHELBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD”
    • Address: 22B 21A Bartycka 00-716, Warsaw, Poland
    • Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
    • Organization Established Date: 24 Aug 2023
    • Organization Type: Other monetary intermediation
    • Tax ID No.: 5214033324 (Poland)
    • Business Registration Number: 526184547 (Poland)
    • Registration Number: 0001053647 (Poland)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies this Warsaw-registered entity (in liquidation) as a company owned by Kayvanpour, designated on the same ownership/control basis as Crypto Home and NFT Home.

    SHPS SHELBIT

    • AKA: “SHELBIT EXCHANGE”
    • Address: Tblisi, Georgia
    • Website: http://www.shelbit.com
    • Digital Currency Address – XBT: bc1qjzk63wwatq2f638psymq3qapn00aqgksyx56l3t8eg7zuuccwasq498khf; alt. bc1qz654h5qcqzalv6ltpxsk4ksdcc3e20wkedqntgnarv3a0t2e2p7scr48pl
    • Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0xe05f529f5284d75624eba386cb716928c3b54a2a; alt. 0x6b69e2a7545c166417a80c61a77562052b!a9c5
    • Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
    • Organization Established Date: 29 Apr 2025
    • Organization Type: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
    • Digital Currency Address – TRX: TXN3hVukebhyYR31YPCYd7aJAvmUeXu1ab
    • Digital Currency Address – SOL: 6wjqWWra8ombzaw6VHrG5xpQ972jCYF6bbHiFCbWmr4U
    • Registration Number: 400430477 (Georgia)

    Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies SHPS Shelbit as the Republic of Georgia-registered company through which Kayvanpour operates the Shelbit Exchange, which reportedly exchanged well over $1 million in digital assets with IRGC-linked addresses in both directions and laundered tens of millions of dollars for a Persian-language online gambling network.

    Delistings:

    The following deletions have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

    OFAC Program: [SDNT]  Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 536

    SATIZABAL RENGIFO, Mario German (a.k.a. “PELO DE COBRE”), Colombia; DOB 04 Mar 1970; POB Buga, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 14892890 (Colombia) (individual).

    “PELO DE COBRE” (a.k.a. SATIZABAL RENGIFO, Mario German), Colombia; DOB 04 Mar 1970; POB Buga, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 14892890 (Colombia) (individual).

    OFAC Program: [SDNTK]  Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

    AYALA BARRERA, Rubi Yiceth; DOB 13 Feb 1982; Cedula No. 52784570 (Colombia) (individual) (Linked To: HERJEZ LTDA.).

    ZAZUETA GODOY, Heriberto (a.k.a. “CAPI BETO”), Jose Aguilar Barraza 328, Al Poniente de la Colonia Jorge Almeda, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Av. Naciones Unidas # 5759, Casa 34, Col. Parque Regency, Zapopan, Jalisco 44110, Mexico; DOB 03 Feb 1960; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGH600203HSLZDR07 (Mexico) (individual) (Linked To: PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: TAIPEN, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: COMERCIALIZADORA Y FRIGORIFICOS DE LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, S.A. DE C.V.).

    “CAPI BETO” (a.k.a. ZAZUETA GODOY, Heriberto), Jose Aguilar Barraza 328, Al Poniente de la Colonia Jorge Almeda, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Av. Naciones Unidas # 5759, Casa 34, Col. Parque Regency, Zapopan, Jalisco 44110, Mexico; DOB 03 Feb 1960; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGH600203HSLZDR07 (Mexico) (individual) (Linked To: PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: TAIPEN, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: COMERCIALIZADORA Y FRIGORIFICOS DE LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, S.A. DE C.V.).

    ZAZUETA GOMEZ, Leopoldo; DOB 04 Feb 1940; POB San Ignacio, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGL400204HSLZMP06 (Mexico) (individual) (Linked To: PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V.).

    ROMERO ZEVADA, Demetrio, Nogalitos No. 17, Quila, Sinaloa, Mexico; DOB 09 Apr 1973; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. ROZD730409HSLMVM09 (Mexico) (individual) (Linked To: COMERCIALIZADORA Y FRIGORIFICOS DE LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V.).

    PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V., Avenida Puerto Mazatlan 6, Colonia Parque Industrial Alfredo V Bonfil, Mazatlan, Sinaloa CP 82050, Mexico; R.F.C. PPD0103129Q2 (Mexico); Folio Mercantil No. 9974-2 (Mexico).

    TAIPEN, S.A. DE C.V. (a.k.a. “TAI PEN”), Av. Juan Palomar y Arias # 569, Col. Jardines Universidad, Zapopan, Jalisco 45110, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 33288-1 (Mexico).

    “TAI PEN” (a.k.a. TAIPEN, S.A. DE C.V.), Av. Juan Palomar y Arias # 569, Col. Jardines Universidad, Zapopan, Jalisco 45110, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 33288-1 (Mexico).

    COMERCIALIZADORA Y FRIGORIFICOS DE LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, S.A. DE C.V., Puerto de Mazatlan 6 D, Parque Industrial Alfredo V. Bonfil, Mazatlan, Sinaloa 82050, Mexico; R.F.C. CFP001109UM7 (Mexico).

    Sources:

    Claude’s notes worth noting:

    Two source-fidelity issues I didn’t paper over:

    • One of SHPS Shelbit’s alt. ETH addresses (ending ...052b!a9c5) has what looks like an OCR artifact character in the source PDF — I transcribed it as-is rather than guessing at the correct hex digit. Worth checking against OFAC’s official SDN XML/CSV export before anyone screens against it.
    • I dropped the Arabic-script and Polish-diacritic name parentheticals throughout (e.g., on Ghasempour, Hendi, Sharifi, Aban Tether, Crypto Home, NFT Home, Shelbit General Trading, Shelbit Technologies) rather than risk transcribing garbled RTL extraction incorrectly. The English/Latin primary names and standard a.k.a. aliases are all intact.

    How I split the two designation networks: the update bundles two distinct Iran-related actions — the Shahr Bank/FSAQ/Alps International currency-exchange-house network (Treasury’s “Global Clandestine Currency Networks” release + State’s “Severing Iran’s Illicit Cash Pipeline”) and the Kayvanpour/Shelbit crypto-exchange network (Treasury’s “Crypto Exchanges” release + State’s “Targeting Digital Asset Exchanges”). These split almost perfectly along program-tag lines (IRAN-EO13902 vs. SDGT/IRGC), with Aban Tether Exchange as the one exception — it’s tagged IRAN-EO13902 like the currency-network entities but is substantively part of the crypto story, so its supplemental info draws from the crypto press release even though it’s grouped under the IRAN-EO13902 heading.

    Excluded per scope rules: the co-issued amended FAQ 1257, and Basheer Al-Shabbani (discussed in Treasury’s currency-network release but not actually a new listing in today’s SDN update — he was already processed in the August 5 post).

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  • August 5, 2026: OFAC removes from counter terror designations and updates one

    Counter Terrorism Designations Removals and Update

    Delistings:

    The following deletions have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

    OFAC Program: [SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

    FLY BAGHDAD AIRLINES COMPANY (a.k.a. FLY BAGHDAD (Arabic: فلاي بغداد); a.k.a. IRAQ EXPRESS), Hurriya Square, Building 66, Street 25, Sector 925, Babil Neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq; Jamia Street, Jadriya, Baghdad, Iraq; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Organization Established Date 2014; Organization Type: Passenger air transport (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).

    IRAQ EXPRESS (a.k.a. FLY BAGHDAD (Arabic: فلاي بغداد); a.k.a. FLY BAGHDAD AIRLINES COMPANY), Hurriya Square, Building 66, Street 25, Sector 925, Babil Neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq; Jamia Street, Jadriya, Baghdad, Iraq; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Organization Established Date 2014; Organization Type: Passenger air transport (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).

    FLY BAGHDAD (Arabic: فلاي بغداد) (a.k.a. FLY BAGHDAD AIRLINES COMPANY; a.k.a. IRAQ EXPRESS), Hurriya Square, Building 66, Street 25, Sector 925, Babil Neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq; Jamia Street, Jadriya, Baghdad, Iraq; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Organization Established Date 2014; Organization Type: Passenger air transport (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE).

    YI-BAF; Aircraft Manufacture Date 24 May 2002; Aircraft Model B 737; Aircraft Operator Fly Baghdad; Aircraft Manufacturer’s Serial Number (MSN) 32412; Aircraft Tail Number YI-BAF; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (aircraft) (Linked To: FLY BAGHDAD AIRLINES COMPANY).

    YI-BAN; Aircraft Manufacture Date 08 Jan 2008; Aircraft Model B 737; Aircraft Operator Fly Baghdad; Aircraft Manufacturer’s Serial Number (MSN) 35064; Aircraft Tail Number YI-BAN; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886 (aircraft) (Linked To: FLY BAGHDAD AIRLINES COMPANY).

    Amendments:

    The following changes have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

    OFAC Program: [SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

    AL-SHABBANI, Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan

    • AKA:
      • AL-SHABANI, Bashir Abd al Kazim Alwan
      • ALSHABBANI, Basheer
      • SHABBAN, Basheer
    • Baghdad, Iraq
    • DOB 01 May 1986
    • nationality Iraq
    • Gender Male
    • Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
    • Passport A14930891 (Iraq) expires 27 Jan 2027
    • alt. Passport A9836915 (Iraq) expires 19 Aug 2024
    • National ID No. AA2889593 (Iraq) expires 21 Oct 2026
    • Party Type: Individual
    • Linked to: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE

    Supplemental Information: Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan Al-Shabbani is Fly Baghdad’s chief executive officer and owner. OFAC designated him alongside the airline in January 2024, alleging that Fly Baghdad moved fighters, weapons, and money into Syria and Lebanon for Kata’ib Hizballah and other IRGC-QF-aligned groups. This same update deletes FLY BAGHDAD AIRLINES COMPANY and its two aircraft from the SDN List, while Al-Shabbani’s own designation was not removed. It is a reasonable inference, though not stated by OFAC, that his Linked To field was redirected from the now-delisted airline to the IRGC-QF directly because the entity he had been tied to no longer appears on the list. OFAC’s delisting notice does not explain the removal, and contemporaneous press coverage has tied the timing to ongoing US-Iran talks over reopening the Strait of Hormuz – a connection drawn by reporters, not confirmed by OFAC.

    List of Changes:

    • Field Name: Linked To
      • Changed: FLY BAGHDAD AIRLINES COMPANY to: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE

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