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
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…
The United States Imposes Sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong Persons for Activities Related to Supporting...
The international community has long recognized that the Iranian regime uses the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to transport proliferation-sensitive items intended for…
Status of UN Arms Embargo on Iran
On September 19, virtually all UN sanctions on Iran returned, including re-imposition of the UN arms embargo. Accordingly, the export of certain conventional arms to…
Sanctions on Iran’s Financial Institutions
Today, the United States is identifying the Iranian financial sector as subject to the terms of Executive Order (E.O.) 13902 and sanctioning 18 major Iranian…
Major New Human Rights-Related Listings and Accompanying Sanctions on Iran
The Iranian regime must respect the human rights of the Iranian people. Despite its obligations and commitments, the regime continues to subvert its justice system…
Statement by the President Regarding New Restrictions on Iran
Today, I am taking new actions to restrict Iran’s nuclear, ballistic missile, and conventional weapons pursuits. My Administration will never allow Iran to have a…
The United States Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Trump Administration has made clear that the United States will do whatever it takes to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s leading…
