March 26, 2020
Publication:
Al-Monitor
Related Country:
- Iraq
- United States
- Yemen
The United States sanctioned 20 companies and individuals with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the IRGC-Quds Force, and Iran-backed militias in Iraq. The sanctions target a network of front companies used to fund terrorist activities in the region, including the Reconstruction Organization of the Holy Shrines in Iraq, as well as Kataib Hezbollah commander Shaykh Adnan al-Hamidawi, and IRGC officials accused of selling Iranian oil to Syria and smuggling weapons to Yemen and Iraq.
