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Treasury · Friday, September 11, 2026

Treasury hits networks that bankroll Iran’s proxy groups

The File desk · Sep. 11, 2026, 6:10 a.m. ET

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Confirmed from Treasury press release sb0626, Sept. 10, 2026. Full Specially Designated Nationals list details beyond the narrative names in the release are linked from the page; this desk did not re-list every identifier.
Treasury’s sanctions shop went after money and arms pipelines tied to Iranian-backed militias. On Sept. 10, under Operation Economic Outcast, the Office of Foreign Assets Control designated people and companies it says support Kata’ib Hizballah and Lebanese Hizballah. Targets include Iraqi militia commanders, procurement firms linked to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Commission, a Dubai exchange used to move money toward Iran, and Lebanese gold and cash exchangers said to move hundreds of millions of dollars from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Qods Force to Hizballah between May and September 2025. OFAC also said an individual agreed to pay $1,427,230 to settle Iran-sanctions liability and published a new Iran licensing policy with a presumption of denial in most cases. The designations rely on counterterrorism and Iran-sector authorities.
Treasury’s sanctions shop went after money and arms pipelines tied to Iranian-backed militias.
On Sept. 10, under Operation Economic Outcast, the Office of Foreign Assets Control designated people and companies it says support Kata’ib Hizballah and Lebanese Hizballah.
The targets include Iraqi militia-linked figures and procurement firms tied to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Commission. They also include a Dubai exchange Treasury says has been used to send money from Iraq toward Iran, and Lebanese gold and cash exchangers.
Treasury says that between May 2025 and September 2025, named Lebanese exchangers moved hundreds of millions of dollars from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Qods Force to Hizballah.
The office also said an individual agreed to pay $1,427,230 to settle potential civil liability for Iran-sanctions violations, and it updated its Iran licensing policy to a presumption of denial except in limited cases.
The designations were taken under , as amended, and . The release also notes that Kata’ib Hizballah and Hizballah were already listed as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under .
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  • Full Specially Designated Nationals list details beyond the narrative names in the release are linked from the page; this desk did not re-list every identifier.

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  1. Source 1

    Operation Economic Outcast Strikes Iran’s Global Terrorist Proxy Network

    U.S. Department of the Treasury · September 10, 2026

    OFAC action against networks enabling Kata’ib Hizballah and Hizballah. Iran licensing presumption of denial. $1,427,230 settlement. Actions under and .

    https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0626