COVID-19 Information
COVID-19 Information Last updated: 11/6/2020 Country-Specific Information: Iran has confirmed case of COVID 19 in its borders. Government offices, schools, and stores remain in open…
Outlaw Regime: A Chronicle of Iran’s Destructive Activities
Outlaw Regime: A Chronicle of Iran’s Destructive Activities Iran Action Group Download the report The Outlaw Regime Engish
Sanctioning Supporters of Iran’s Petroleum and Petrochemical Sectors
Petroleum and petrochemicals are major sources of revenue for the Iranian regime, revenue it employs to oppress the Iranian people and to advance its malign…
State Department Terrorist Designation of Saraya al-Mukhtar
Today, the Department of State has designated the Saraya al-Mukhtar group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224 for posing a…
Sanctioning Iranian Intelligence Officers Involved in the Abduction of Bob Levinson
For 13 years, the Iranian regime has denied knowledge of Robert A. “Bob” Levinson’s whereabouts or condition. However, senior Iranian officials authorized Levinson’s abduction and…
Iran’s Efforts at Intimidation Must Not Be Rewarded
The United States condemns the law recently approved by Iran’s Majles and Guardian Council, which is nothing more than the regime’s latest ploy to use…
The United States Sanctions an IRGC Official in Yemen and IRGC Facilitators in Iran
Today, the United States is designating Hasan Irlu, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Qods Force (IRGC-QF) officer Iran recently sent to Sana’a Yemen to…
Sanctions on Iranian Entities Involved in Chemical Weapons Activities of Concern
The United States condemns any Iranian regime involvement in a chemical weapons program and will sanction those involved in any such activity. Today, the United…
The United States Welcomes Major Milestone in Afghanistan Peace Negotiations
The United States welcomes the Agreement announced today by the negotiating teams from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban. This Agreement is a…
New Sanctions Under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA)
On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the United States sanctioned four entities located in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia for supporting Iran’s missile…
The Importance of Sanctions on Iran
The Maximum Pressure campaign against the Iranian regime continues to be extraordinarily effective. Today, Iran’s economy faces a currency crisis, mounting public debt, and rising…
Commemoration of the Massacre of Mahshahr and Designation of Iranian Officials Due to Involvement in...
One year ago, the Iranian regime killed as many as 148 Iranian civilians in Mahshahr, while imposing digital darkness to hide evidence of their savage…
Anniversary of Protests in Iran
On November 15, 2019 and in the week that followed, brave Iranians took to the streets of more than 200 cities across Iran to protest…
Designation of Iranian Procurement Networks
On November 10, 2020 the Department of the Treasury designated an international network of six companies and four individuals for facilitating the procurement of sensitive…
On the 41st Anniversary of the U.S. Embassy Takeover in Tehran
Forty-one years ago today, Ayatollah Khomeini’s followers broke into the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took more than 50 U.S. diplomats hostage. For the next…
On the First Anniversary of the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
One year ago the United States, in conjunction with the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and our local Iraqi and Syrian partners, launched an operation…
United States Sanctions Iranian Energy Institutions Supporting the IRGC-QF
Instead of using its natural resource wealth to improve living conditions for the Iranian people, the Iranian regime prefers to pawn its oil to fund…
Joint Statement of the United States, the Republic of Sudan, and the State of Israel
President Donald J. Trump, Sudanese Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke…
United States Sanctions Five Iranian Entities and Watchlists IRGC Cyber Actors for Interfering in US...
The United States will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections. The whole of the U.S. government is using all the tools at our disposal…
United States Designates Senior Iranian Official in Iraq
For many years, the Iranian regime and its primary tool of regional destabilization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), have exploited Iraq to advance…