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September 17 2026
Further Sanctions on Cuba’s Mineral Wealth and Military Modernization Apparatus
WASHINGTON - For decades, the Cuban regime has channeled all of the island’s resources into the hands of a narrow and corrupt military elite, leaving ordinary Cubans without reliable power, food, or dignity. Today, pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order (E.O.) 14404, “Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy,” I am designating 11 actors that fuel this exploitation: four state-run enterprises that strip Cuba’s nickel reserves for regime profit, four military enterprises dedicated to research and development for weapons systems, naval capabilities, and battlefield simulation, and three military officials leading them. Click here to view full notice.
September 17 2026
Operation Economic Outcast Dismantles Iran’s Sanctions Evasion Network
WASHINGTON - The United States today took further action against the Iranian regime’s efforts to fund its destabilizing activities through digital currency networks, targeting two entities and three individuals as part of the ongoing whole-of-government campaign against Iran and its enablers. Click here to view full notice.
September 16 2026
Sanctioning Officials of the Palestinian Authority and Members of the Palestine Liberation Organization
WASHINGTON — The State Department has reported to Congress that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Palestinian Authority (PA) have, once again, failed to live up to their commitments as described in the PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 (PLOCCA) and the Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2002 (MEPCA). This includes initiating and supporting actions at international organizations that undermine and contradict prior commitments in support of Security Council Resolution 242 and 338, taking actions to internationalize the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict including through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking to bypass negotiations through seeking unilateral recognition, and continuing to pay stipends to terrorists and to glorify acts of terrorism and terrorists in public pronouncements and school textbooks. Click here to view full notice.
September 14 2026
U.S. Sanctions VTB Bank for Aiding Iran’s Sanctions Evasion
WASHINGTON - The United States sanctioned VTB Bank, one of Russia’s largest financial institutions, for helping Iran evade sanctions and sustain its support for terrorism. VTB Bank opened offices in Iran, built banking ties with sanctioned Iranian financial institutions, and worked to move billions of dollars in Iranian assets. Click here to view full notice.
September 10 2026
U.S. Takes Action Against Iran’s Terrorist Proxies
WASHINGTON - Today, the United States is taking action under Operation Economic Outcast targeting Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), Hizballah, and the broader financial networks that sustain Iran’s campaign of regional destabilization. These groups serve as Tehran’s instruments for projecting violence and subversion across the Middle East and the globe, threatening the security of Iraq, Lebanon, the safety of American personnel and diplomatic facilities in the region, and global energy flows. KH, designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the State Department in 2009, has intensified its threat to U.S. interests, including a recent plot to attack Jewish institutions in the United States, and continues to direct attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces in Iraq that endanger innocent civilians and undermine Iraqi sovereignty. Click here to view full notice.
September 9 2026
Designations of Former Ecuadorian Officials for Involvement in Significant Corruption Linked to Foreign Terrorist Organizations
WASHINGTON - The United States is exposing corruption at the highest levels of Ecuador’s justice system. The Department of State is publicly designating seven former Ecuadorian officials for their involvement in significant corruption linked to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) designated by the Trump Administration last year. These actions render all seven individuals and their immediate family members generally ineligible for entry into the United States. Click here to view full notice.
September 9 2026
Terrorist Designation of Los Tiguerones
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of State is designating Los Tiguerones as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Click here to view full notice.
September 18 2026
Geneoa Design International Ltd. to GDIL Operating Limited Partnership Name Change Web Notice
WASHINGTON - Effective immediately, Geneoa Design International Ltd. name will change to GDILOperating Limited Partnership. Due to the volume of authorizations requiring amendments toreflect this change, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade Controls is exercisingauthority under 22 CFR 126.3 to waive the requirement for amendments to change currentlyapproved license authorizations. The amendment waiver does not apply to approve or pendingagreements. Click here to view full notice.
September 15 2026
Cornet Technology, Inc. Address Change Web Notice
WASHINGTON - Effective immediately, Cornet Technology, Inc. will change its address as shown below. Click here to view full notice.
September 15 2026
L3Harris Linchpin Labs, Inc. to L3Harris Cyber - CYONYX US, Inc. Name Change Web Notice
WASHINGTON - Effective immediately, L3Harris Linchpin Labs, Inc. name will change to L3Harris Cyber - CYONYX US, Inc. Due to the volume of authorizations requiring amendments to reflect thischange, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade Controls is exercising authority under22 CFR 126.3 to waive the requirement for amendments to change currently approved licenseauthorizations. The amendment waiver does not apply to approve or pending agreements. Click here to view full notice.
September 16 2026
ISIS-K Terrorist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in Abbey Gate and Other Terror Attacks
WASHINGTON - Afghan national Mohammad Sharifullah, a member of the terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for his participation in a nearly 10 year conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Click here to view full notice.
September 15 2026
Butler County Man Charged with Receiving a Firearm and Ammunition With Intent to Commit Terrorism on Behalf of ISIS
WASHINGTON - Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, a resident of Valencia, Pennsylvania, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with receiving a firearm and ammunition knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the firearm and ammunition would be used to commit a felony or a federal crime of terrorism, including providing, attempting to provide, and conspiring to provide material support or resources to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). FBI agents interdicted Kramer this weekend as he returned to a hotel in possession of three 30-round capacity rifle magazines and five boxes of rifle ammunition. The FBI then executed search warrants, seized a semiautomatic rifle and ammunition from his hotel room, and arrested him. Click here to view full notice.
September 17 2026
Operation Economic Outcast Disrupts Digital Asset Exchange Enabling the Iranian Regime
WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated BitBank, a priority digital assets venture controlled by OFAC-designated Iranian financier Babak Zanjani (Zanjani), as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the Trump Administration’s whole-of-government economic campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its enablers. Today’s designations also include BitBank’s developer, Pishtaz Simorgh Electronic Trade Company (Pishtaz Simorgh) and three associates of Zanjani: Hossein Ali Zaker Hossein,Mohammad Mahdi Zaker Hossein, and Seyed Adel Heidari. The entities and individuals designated today are key components of the Iranian regime’s digital assets-based sanctions evasion infrastructure. Click here to view full notice.
September 14 2026
Operation Economic Outcast Sanctions Major Bank Helping Iran Evade Sanctions
WASHINGTON - Today, under Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated prominent Russian financial institution, VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company (VTB Bank) for its involvement in Iranian sanctions evasion, including establishing correspondent relationships with sanctioned Iranian banks. Click here to view full notice.
September 10 2026
Operation Economic Outcast Strikes Iran’s Global Terrorist Proxy Network
WASHINGTON - Today, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against the networks enabling the Iranian regime to wreak havoc in the Middle East through its terrorist proxies. Today’s action targets entities and individuals that support Kata'ib Hizballah (KH) and Hizballah. Click here to view full notice.