IRGC-QF Sanctions and Iraq’s Electricity Waiver PRESS STATEMENT MORGAN ORTAGUS, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON MARCH 26, 2020 Share The United States announced today the designations of 20 individuals and entities that violate Iraqi sovereignty and exploit Iraq’s economy to funnel money to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). Some of these […]
Department of State Offers Rewards for Information to Bring Venezuelan Drug Traffickers to Justice PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 26, 2020 Share Today the U. S. Department of State announced a series of rewards for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Venezuelan nationals for […]
Constraining Iranian Nuclear Scientists PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 18, 2020 Share On March 16, in response to the Iranian regime’s unacceptable nuclear escalations, the Department of Commerce is imposing restrictions on five Iranian nuclear scientists by adding them to the Department of Commerce’s Entity List. […]
Terrorist Designation of ISIS Leader Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON MARCH 17, 2020 Share The Department of State has announced its intent to designate Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla, the new leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as a Specially […]
Sanctions on Entities Trading in or Transporting Iranian Petrochemicals FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON MARCH 18, 2020 Share On March 18, the U.S. Department of State imposed sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13846, on the following seven entities for knowingly engaging in a significant transaction for the purchase, […]
Further Sanctions on Entities Trading in or Transporting Iranian Petrochemicals PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 18, 2020 Share Yesterday, the U.S. Department of State sanctioned nine entities and three individuals who have engaged in activity that could enable the Iranian regime’s violent behavior. The actions of these individuals and […]
Sanctions Against Businesses Linked to Mexican Cartels PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 12, 2020 Share The United States is committed to preventing and combating narcotics trafficking globally. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) yesterday designated four Mexican businesses pursuant to […]
Public Designation of the Former Governor of the Mexican State of Nayarit, Roberto Sandoval Castañeda, Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE FEBRUARY 28, 2020 Share Today, I am announcing the public designation of the former governor of the Mexican state of Nayarit, […]
United States Designates Hizballah Affiliated Companies and Officials as Global Terrorists PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE FEBRUARY 26, 2020 Share Today, the United States designated 15 Lebanon-based individuals and entities linked to the Martyrs Foundation, part of Hizballah’s financial support network, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) pursuant to […]
New Sanctions under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Share The United States is sanctioning 13 foreign entities and individuals in China, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey pursuant to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act […]
