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Abu Mustafa AL-SHEIBANI

Aliases

Hameid Thajeil Wareij AL-ATTABI; Abu Mustafa AL-SHAYBANI; Hamid AL-SHAYBANI; Mustafa AL-SHEIBANI; Hamid Thajeel AL-SHEIBANI; Hamid THAJIL; Abu Mustafa AL-SHEBANI

DoB

circa 1959; circa 1960

Address

Tehran, Iran

Official reason

Iran-based Abu Mustafa Al-Sheibani leads a network of Shia extremists that commit and provide logistical and material support for acts of violence that threaten the peace and stability of Iraq and the Government of Iraq.

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/hp759

Date of listing

2008-01-09

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007 Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Iraq

Measures

Blocking Property

Official Information

In response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, the United States imposed comprehensive sanctions, including a trade embargo against Iraq and a freeze of the assets of the then-Iraqi government, which were implemented in the Iraqi Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 575. Over the years, a series of Executive orders adjusted the sancti...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/7371/download?inline