OFAC targets Shamkhani shipping network and Hizballah-linked facilitator
OFAC on Wednesday added 29 entries to the SDN List, hitting companies and tankers tied to Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani and sanctioning a Hizballah-linked Iranian facilitator and three associated firms.
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2026- The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed fresh Iran-related and counterterrorism sanctions on Wednesday, adding three individuals, 17 entities and nine vessels to the Specially Designated Nationals List. The action combines measures under Iran Executive Order 13902 and the Specially Designated Global Terrorist program.
The Iran-related portion of the action targets a network linked to Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, with OFAC naming two individuals, 14 entities and nine vessels. The listed companies span the United Arab Emirates, India, the Marshall Islands and elsewhere, including shipping, consulting and marine firms. The vessels include crude oil, oil products and LPG tankers sailing under Panama, Cameroon and Mozambique flags.
Separately, OFAC designated Iranian national Seyed Naiemaei Badroddin Moosavi as an SDGT linked to Hizballah and marked him as subject to secondary sanctions risk under Executive Order 13224, as amended. Treasury also designated three entities tied to him: A.C.S. Global BV in the Netherlands, ACS Trading LLC in the United Arab Emirates and Lotus Universal LLC in the United Arab Emirates.
The latest step builds on Treasury’s July 30, 2025 action against what it described as the shipping empire controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, which it said had funneled billions of dollars to Tehran.
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