Following the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, OFAC has designated Hamas officials and individuals operating companies in Hamas’s investment portfolio in circumvention of sanctions (notice, press release):
- Khaled Qaddoumi, a Jordanian national and Hamas member who currently lives in Tehran serving as Hamas’s representative to Iran, and acting as a liaison between Hamas and the Iranian government;
- Ali Morshed Shiraziand Mostafa Mohammad Khani, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) officials who train and assist PIJ, Hamas and Hizballah;
- Ali Ahmad Faizullahi, an Iran-based commander of the Saberin Special Forces Brigade of the IRGC Ground Force, which has deployed to Syria and has provided training to Hamas and Hizballah;
- Gaza-based and PIJ-affiliated Al-Ansar Charity Association and its director, Nasser Al Sheikh Ali, which, according to OFAC, claims to provide funds to families affiliated with Hamas and PIJ as an extension of Iranian support to the Palestinian people, but the funding ultimately serves as a recruiting tool for terrorist activities;
- Sudan-based companies Zawaya Group for Development and Investment Co. LTD and Larrycom for Investment Company, and Spain-based company Zawaya Group for Development Investment Sociedad Limitada, which are allegedly companies owned by Sudan-based Hamas financier Abdelbasit Hamza Elhassan Mohamed Khair; and
- Türkiye-based Alaeddin Senguler, Gulsah Yigidoglu, and Arwa Mangoush, who are allegedly primary shareholders in Trend GYO designated in May 2022 for being part of Hamas’s investment portfolio.
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