Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Aliases
AL-HODA FOR RELIGIOUS TOURISM COMPANY; AL-HODA STATE COMPANY FOR RELIGIOUS TOURISM; AL-HUDA FOR RELIGIOUS TOURISM COMPANY
Address
Iraq
Official reason
Al-Huda served as a commercial front for the Iraqi Intelligence Service, an agency of the former Iraqi regime. Al-Huda, which held a monopoly over the provision, transportation and other tourism services to Iranian pilgrims visiting the Shi’ite shrines in Iraq, skimmed lucrative amounts off tour packages and directed the funds to the regime’s coff...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/js1331
Date of listing
2004-04-15
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13315 Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003 Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions; Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004 Termination of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12722 With Respect to Iraq and Modification of Executive Order 1329...
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/7386/download?inline • https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/7406/download?inline