Ali Maarij AL-BAHADLY

Iraq

1966-07-01

Maysan, Iraq

Male

Baghdad, Iraq; Alamara, Iraq

0041626, National ID No.; D1019788, Passport

Executive

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) increased economic pressure on Iran and its proxy militias in Iraq by designating individuals and businesses exploiting Iraq’s oil sector and undermining the country’s security. This action includes Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly,Iraq’s Deputy Minister of Oil, who abuses his position to facilitate the diversion of oil to be sold for the benefit of the Iranian regime and its proxy militias in Iraq. OFAC today designated Iraq’s Deputy Minister of Oil, Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly (Maarij), who has been instrumental in facilitating the diversion of Iraqi oil products to benefit known Iran-affiliated oil smuggler Salim Ahmed Said (Said) as well as Iran-backed terrorist militia Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq (AAH). For years, Maarij has used his official positions—first as the head of the Iraqi parliament’s oil and gas committee, and then within the Iraq Ministry of Oil—to enrich Said, AAH, and by extension, Iran. Since 2018, Maarij has held multiple positions in Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, including head of the licensing and contracts office, Deputy Minister, and acting Minister of Oil. In his official capacities, Maarij enabled Said to illicitly procure oil products by granting exportation rights to Said’s companies. Maarij authorized trucking several million dollars’ worth of oil per day from the Qayarah oil field to VS Oil in Khor Zubayr for export. VS Oil oversaw the mixing of Iranian oil with Iraqi oil before being shipped to market. Maarij is also responsible for falsifying documentation on the provenance of oil for Said’s network, enabling it to be smuggled to market disguised as purely Iraqi oil. Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13902 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Salim Ahmed Said.

US

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0492

2026-05-07

US

Executive Order 13902 of January 10, 2020 Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran

OFAC country specific

Iran

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1551

E.O. 13902 imposes sanctions with respect to any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to operate in the construction, mining, manufacturing, and textiles sectors of the Iranian economy, and any additional sectors of the Iranian economy as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State. On October 8, 2020, the Secretary of the Treasury identified the financial sector of the Iranian economy for additional sanctions under E.O. 13902. Iranian and non-Iranian persons operating in these sectors could be subject to sanctions pursuant to E.O. 13902.

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