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Naim QASIM

Aliases

Naim QASSEM; Naim KASSEM

Position

Deputy Secretary General of Hizballah

DoB

1953

Address

Lebanon

Official reason

OFAC and the TFTC designated Naim Qasim (Qasim) for acting for or on behalf of Hizballah.  Qasim is the Deputy Secretary General of Hizballah, which he joined in the early 1980s.  Before ascending to his current position, he served as the Deputy President of the Executive Council.  Qasim has stated that Hizballah does not separate its military and ...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0387

Date of listing

2018-05-16

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Blocking Property

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2396

Official Information

On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (68 FR 34196, June 6, 2003 (“the Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-13969/global-terrorism-sanctions-regulations