OFAC targets alleged Hizballah operatives and financiers
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control added nine individuals to its Specially Designated Nationals List in a counterterrorism action effective May 21, 2026. The updates include eight people linked to Hizballah and one Iran-linked individual also tied to Hizballah.
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control added nine individuals to its Specially Designated Nationals List in a counterterrorism action, with all entries released May 21, 2026. The new listings identify eight Lebanese nationals linked to Hizballah and one Iranian national, Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani, listed with program tags including Iran, SDGT, IFSR and IRGC and linked to Hizballah.
Several of the newly listed individuals were marked as subject to secondary sanctions under the Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations, and all nine entries cite secondary sanctions risk under Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886. The newly added individuals are Ibrahim al-Moussawi, Ahmad Asaad Baalbaki, Hassan Nizammeddine Fadlallah, Abdel-Mottaleb Mohamed Fanich, Samir Adnan Hamadi, Hussein Al-Hajj Hassan, Khattar Nasser Eldin, Ali Ahmad Safawi and Sheibani.
OFAC also updated two existing SDN entries. The record for Ayadi Chafiq bin Muhammad now adds Tunisian and Irish nationalities, identifies him as male and links him to al-Qaida. The record for Kuwait-based Lajnat al Daawa al Islamiyya now adds a 1986 establishment date, identifies its target type as a charity or nonprofit organization, and links it to al-Qaida.
No unrelated administrative list changes were noted.
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