UK sanctions: Counter-Terrorism (international) sanctions
76 designations under The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019: 47 people, 29 companies and groups, as listed on the UK Sanctions List dated 03-Nov-2026. The newest designation is dated 8 September 2026.
Names, positions, sanctions and reasons are quoted from the list. Dates of birth, passport numbers and addresses are left out. Being on the list is a government designation, not a criminal conviction.
| Name and position | Type | Designated | Sanctions | UK statement of reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL-QARD AL-HASAN 1 other name on the list | Entity | 8 September 2026 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Al-Qard Al-Hasan (AQAH) is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (a) AQAH is a member of, or associated with Hizballah, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity; (b) that AQAH |
| Babbar Akali Lehar 1 other name on the list | Entity | 4 December 2025 | Asset freeze | We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Babbar Akali Lehar ('BAL') is an involved person on the basis that it has been involved in the following terrorist activity: (a) BAL has been and is promoting and encouraging terrorism, through promoting a person involved in terrorism, namely Babbar Khalsa ('BK') which uses the alias Babbar Khalsa International ('BKI') (together &# |
| Gurpreet Singh REHAL Mr 1 other name on the list | Individual | 4 December 2025 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Gurpreet Singh REHAL ('REHAL') is an involved person on the basis that he is and has been involved in the following terrorist activity: (a)REHAL is a member of two organisations (i.e. persons for the purposes of the Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Act 2018 ('SAMLA')) who are and have been involved in terrorism, namely Babbar Khalsa (&# |
| New Irish Republican Army 2 other names on the list | Entity | 6 November 2025 | Asset freeze | HMT has reasonable grounds to suspect that the New Irish Republican Army ('NIRA') is an involved person under the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis that NIRA has been, and is, involved in terrorist activity on the basis that: (1) NIRA has been responsible for, engaged in and provided support for, the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of ter |
| Kieran James GALLAGHER Mr | Individual | 6 November 2025 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | HMT has reasonable grounds to suspect that the Kieran Gallagher is an involved person under the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis that he has been, and is, involved in terrorist activity on the basis that: (1) Gallagher is and has been involved in terrorist activity by providing financial services, or making available funds or economic resources, for the purpose |
| Embers of an Empire 1 other name on the list | Entity | 25 September 2025 | Asset freeze | We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Embers of an Empire ('EoE') is an involved person on the basis that: (a) EoE has been and is facilitating, promoting and encouraging terrorism via its dissemination of music whose content promotes and encourages terrorism; (b) EoE is making and has made available funds to Rampage Productions ('Rampage') and another person involved in terro |
| Rampage Productions 3 other names on the list | Entity | 25 September 2025 | Asset freeze | We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Rampage Productions ('Rampage') is an involved person on the basis that Rampage has been and is involved in the terrorist activity set out below. (a) Rampage has been and is facilitating, promoting and encouraging terrorism via its dissemination of music whose content promotes and encourages terrorism and through supporting events where such music |
| Blood and Honour 1224 other names on the list | Entity | 8 January 2025 | Asset freeze | We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Blood and Honour ('B&H') is an involved person on the basis that B&H has been, and is, involved in terrorist activity on the basis that: (1) B&H has been, and is, facilitating, promoting and encouraging terrorism via its dissemination of music whose content promotes and encourages terrorism. (2) B&H has been, and is, making funds a |
| Brian Anthony SHERIDAN Mr | Individual | 3 December 2024 | Asset freeze | There are reasonable grounds to suspect that Brian SHERIDAN ('SHERIDAN') is an involved person under Regulation 6 of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: 1. SHERIDAN is and has been involved in terrorist activity by providing financial services, or making available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism. 2. |
| Mustafa AYASH 1 other name on the list | Individual | 27 March 2024 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Mustafa AYASH ('AYASH') is an involved person on the basis that AYASH: 1. Has been involved in terrorist activity by: a. Promoting and encouraging Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad through the organisation Gaza Now; b. Providing financial services for the purposes of terrorism by providing financial services to Gaza Now; and c. Supporting or ass |
| Aozma SULTANA 3 other names on the list | Individual | 27 March 2024 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Aozma SULTANA ('SULTANA') is an involved person on the basis that SULTANA: 1. Has been involved in terrorist activity by: a. Making available funds and providing financial services for the purposes of terrorism by making available funds and providing financial services to 'Gaza Now', an organisation which promotes, encourages and supports |
| Al Mutahadun for Exchange 1 other name on the list | Entity | 22 January 2024 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Al Mutahadun for Exchange (hereafter 'AL MUTAHADUN') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: AL MUTAHADUN is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity by providing financial services, and/or making available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism, sp |
| Zuheir Shamlakh 1 other name on the list | Individual | 22 January 2024 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Zuheir SHAMLAKH (hereafter 'SHAMLAKH') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: SHAMLAKH is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity by providing financial services, and/or making available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism, specifically to Hama |
| Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh 4 other names on the list | Individual | 22 January 2024 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Ahmed Sharif Abdallah ODEH (hereafter 'ODEH') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: ODEH has been involved in terrorist activity by providing financial services, and/or making available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism, specifically to Hamas. |
| Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan Palestinian Islamic Jihad official; head of Muhjat AlQuds Foundation 4 other names on the list | Individual | 22 January 2024 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Jamil Yusuf Ahmad ‘Aliyan (hereafter 'ALIYAN') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: ALIYAN is a member of, or associated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity. |
| Ismail Barhoum Hamas Leader 3 other names on the list | Individual | 22 January 2024 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Ismail BARHOUM (hereafter 'BARHOUM') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis that BARHOUM is a member of, or associated with Hamas, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity. |
| Hassan Al-Wardian Hamas member 4 other names on the list | Individual | 22 January 2024 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Hassan AL-WARDIAN (hereafter 'AL-WARDIAN') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: AL-WARDIAN is a member of, or associated with Hamas, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity. |
| Rida Ali Khamis | Individual | 13 December 2023 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Rida Ali Khamis ('KHAMIS') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: KHAMIS has provided financial services, or made available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism, specifically to Hamas. |
| Ali Baraka Head of External Relations of Hamas 1 other name on the list | Individual | 13 December 2023 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Ali BARAKA (hereafter 'BARAKA') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) BARAKA is a member of or associated with Hamas, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity; (2) BARAKA is and/or has been responsible for, engaging in, or providing support fo |
| Mahmoud ZAHAR Doctor Co-founder and senior leader of Hamas 1 other name on the list | Individual | 13 December 2023 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Mahmoud ZAHAR is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: ZAHAR is a member of or associated with Hamas, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity. |
| Maher Rebhi Namr OBEID 3 other names on the list | Individual | 13 December 2023 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Maher Rebhi Namr OBEID (hereafter 'OBEID') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) OBEID is a member of, or associated with Hamas, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity; (2) OBEID is and/or has been responsible for, engaging in, or providing |
| Khaled Chouman CEO of SHUMAN FOR CURRENCY EXCHANGE SARL | Individual | 13 December 2023 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Khaled CHOUMAN ('CHOUMAN') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: CHOUMAN has provided financial services, or made available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism, specifically to Hamas. |
| Aiman Ahmad AL-DUWAIK 6 other names on the list | Individual | 13 December 2023 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Aiman Ahmad AL-DUWAIK (hereafter 'AL-DUWAIK') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: AL-DUWAIK has provided financial services, or made available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism, specifically to Hamas. |
| Akram AL-AJOURI Deputy Secretary General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad 16 other names on the list | Individual | 13 December 2023 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Akram AL-AJOURI is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Akram AL-AJOURI is a member of or associated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity and (2) Akram AL-AJOURI is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity, name |
| Adbelbasit Hamza Elhassan Mohamed Khair Mr 3 other names on the list | Individual | 14 November 2023 | Asset freeze, Targeted arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Abdelbasit Hamza Elhassan Mohamed Khair (KHAIR) is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: KHAIR has been involved in providing financial services, or making available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism, specifically to Hamas. |
| Nabil Khaled Hilal Chouman Mr CEO 4 other names on the list | Individual | 14 November 2023 | Asset freeze, Targeted arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Nabil Khaled Halil CHOUMAN (hereafter 'CHOUMAN') is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: CHOUMAN has provided financial services, or made available funds or economic resources, for the purposes of terrorism, specifically to Hamas. |
| Yahya Ibrahim Hassan SINWAR Hamas Political Leader in Gaza 9 other names on the list | Individual | 14 November 2023 | Asset freeze, Targeted arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | SINWAR is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. SINWAR is a member of or associated with Hamas, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity. |
| Marwan Issa Deputy leader of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades 1 other name on the list | Individual | 14 November 2023 | Asset freeze, Targeted arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Marwan Issa is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Marwan Issa is a member of or associated with Hamas, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity. |
| Muhammad DEIF Leader of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades 9 other names on the list | Individual | 14 November 2023 | Asset freeze, Targeted arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Muhammad DEIF is an involved person within the meaning of the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) Muhammad DEIF is a member of or associated with Hamas, an entity which is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity; (2) Muhammad DEIF is and/or has been involved in terrorist activity, namely being responsible for, eng |
| Musa Muhammad Salim Dudin Member of the Hamas Political Bureau 4 other names on the list | Individual | 14 November 2023 | Asset freeze, Targeted arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Musa Muhammad Salim Dudin is an involved person under the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in that he: 1) is or has been a member of or associated with Hamas who is or has been involved in terrorist activity; and 2) has been involved in terrorist activity, including the supply of weapons to Hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, for the purposes of terror |
| Nazem AHMAD 64 other names on the list | Individual | 18 April 2023 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | We have reasonable grounds to suspect that Nazem AHMAD ('AHMAD') is an involved person under reg. 6 of the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following grounds: (1) AHMAD has been associated with an involved person, namely Hizballah; and (2) AHMAD has been involved in terrorist activity by providing financial services, or making available funds or |
| Guillaume Pirotte | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Guillaume Pirotte is a member of the jihadist group Firqatul Ghuraba which is headed by Senegalese national Oumar Diaby. He participated in battles alongside members of Jabhat al Nusra and appeared as an actor in jihadist propaganda. Jabhat al Nusra was disbanded in January 2017. Over the course of the past few years, he has assisted many individuals to travel from France to Syria for the purposes |
| Bryan D'Ancona | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Bryan D'Ancona went to Syria in December 2013. He is a member of the jihadist group Firqatul Ghuraba, whose leader is the Senegalese terrorist Oumar Diaby, who has been designated since 23 September 2014 under the United Nations 1267 Al Qaeda/Da’esh regime.He has admitted to having participated in fighting alongside members of Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of AI Qaeda that reportedly diss |
| Brahim El-Khayari | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Brahim El-Khayari is associated with ISIL (Da’esh) – a terrorist organisation. He is a foreign terrorist fighter who travelled to Syria to participate in activities (including recruitment and glorification of acts of terrorism) on behalf of Da’esh. |
| Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) sought the creation of an independent state comprising the Basque regions of both Spain and France. It is responsible for the killings of over 800 individuals in numerous terrorist attacks since 1968, including but not limited to, the bombing of Hipercor in Barcelona (June 1987). Its most recent attack, resulting in two deaths, took place in 2009. |
| Teyrebazen Azadiya Kurdistan (TAK) 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) is a Kurdish nationalist group that uses violence to pursue its goal of an independent Kurdish state in south eastern Turkey. They have claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks, and are believed to have links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK a proscribed terrorist organisation). |
| Sendero Luminoso (SL) | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Sendero Luminoso are committed to using violence to achieve their political goals. They have been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks since the 1980s, and continue to perpetrate acts of violence. |
| The Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks since the 1970s and has repeatedly stated that its aim is establishing a global Islamic state by violent means. |
| The Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine - General Command 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command (PFLP-GC) is a nationalist Palestinian organization which was founded in 1968. The PFLP-GC has carried out numerous terrorist attacks in Europe and the Middle East and has repeatedly stated that its aim is establishing a global Islamic state by violent means. |
| Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is a Palestinian Islamist terrorist organization whose has stated that its objective is the destruction of the State of Israel, and which has been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks. PIJ has, through past attacks, demonstrated its willingness to use violence to further its political objectives. The movement has also praised and encouraged violence. |
| Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are responsible for the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism including suicide attacks and assassinations, in pursuit of their political objective of a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. |
| Partiya Karkeren Kurdistane (PKK) 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | 'The PKK is a Kurdish terrorist organisation, proscribed by the UK, the EU and NATO, which was formed in the late 1970s and has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks, mainly against Turkish state security forces but also civilians. Its attacks are mainly carried out in Turkey’s largely Kurdish southeast. Cooperation exists between the PKK in Turkey and other Kurdish armed group |
| Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) is a Sikh terrorist organisation who have claimed responsibility for a number of terrorist attacks, including armed attacks, assassinations and bombings. |
| The Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front (İslami Büyükdoğu Akıncılar Cephesi in Turkish, IBDA-C) claimed responsibility for a number of terrorist attacks during the 1990s and early 2000s, including an attack on the British Consulate in Istanbul in 2003 which killed the British Consul-General and 14 others. Their stated aim is to establish an Islamic federation in Turkey through violent means. |
| Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for several terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, including attacks on Indian security forces and politicians. |
| Hizballah 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Hizballah has claimed responsibility for a number of terrorist attacks since the 1980s. It supports terrorism in Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It also frequently incites violence against Israel and is behind a large number of rocket attacks into Israel. |
| Hamas including Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Hamas has claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks, including rocket strikes against Israel. It has also released statements that promote and encourage acts of terrorism. |
| Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya 5 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (GI) is an Egyptian Sunni terrorist organisation who were responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the 1980s and 1990s |
| Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The ELN is a terrorist organisation which is responsible for bombings and armed attacks against the Colombian government and civilians. |
| Directorate for Internal Security of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Internal Security Directorate of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) was involved in the foiled terrorist attack against a meeting of Iranian exiles in Villepinte in June 2018. |
| Revolutionary Peoples' Liberation Party - Front (Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi) (DHKP-C) 3 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi (DHKP-C) is a Turkish organisation which is committed to achieving its political objectives through violent means. DHKP-C has claimed responsibility for a number of terrorist attacks on the Turkish government and on civilians. |
| Communist Party of the Philippines | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Communist Party of the Philippines directly controls its military wing, the New People's Army (NPA), which has claimed responsibility for a number of terrorist attacks in the Philippines. |
| Babbar Khalsa | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Babbar Khalsa has claimed responsibility for a number of terrorist attacks in India since its foundation in 1978, including armed attacks, assassinations and bombings. |
| Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB) is a network of West Bank militias who have been responsible for a number of terrorist attacks. |
| Al-Aqsa E.V. | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Al-Aqsa EV is a fundraising organisation which has provided funds to Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades. The Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades have been involved in terrorism and are a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK. The Izz al-Din al-Qassem Brigades are also listed under the EU’s CP931 Regime. Accordingly, Al-Aqsa EV is or has been involved in terrorism and has been associated wit |
| Abu Nidal Organisation 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Director Disqualification Sanction | Abu Nidal Organisation's principal aim is the destruction of the state of Israel. It is also hostile to 'reactionary' Arab regimes and states supporting Israel. It has been involved in the planning and conducting of numerous acts of terrorism since the mid-1970s. |
| Rabah Tahari 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Rabah Tahari has been the leader of Kateeba Al Kawthar (KaK), a terrorist organisation linked to Al Qaida, since 2013. Tahari has travelled for the purposes of terrorism and is accused of recruiting and training foreign terrorist fighters. |
| Khalid Mishaal Senior Hamas Official | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Khalid Mishaal was the leader of Hamas from 2004 until 2014 and maintains a leadership role in the Shura Council of Hamas. He has directed the group’s violent attacks, including the targeting of civilians. |
| Usama Hamdan Senior Hamas Official | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Usama Hamdan is a senior official of Hamas and a member of the group’s politburo. He is therefore a member of and associated with Hamas, and threatened retaliation and violence against Israel. |
| Musa Abu Marzouk Doctor Senior Hamas Official 6 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Mr Marzouk is a senior Hamas official and has been the deputy leader of Hamas since 1997. He has publicly represented the proscribed military wing of Hamas. He has been involved in terrorist financing and has defended Hamas’ terrorist activity, including the targeting of civilians. |
| Hocine Bouguetof 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Mr Bouguetof travelled to Syria to join Daesh in 2015, and has publicly acknowledged having a senior role in the organisation. Bouguetof has supported the actvities of Daesh through his work in Daesh's marriage bureau. |
| Ali Gholam Shakuri General Deputy Quds Officer | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Ali Gholam Shakuri is a deputy Qods officer of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). He has been accused of coordinating the attempted assassination of Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador to the US, in 2011. |
| Abdul Reza Shahlai Deputy Commander IRGC-QF Deputy Commander 18 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Abdul Reza Shahlai is Deputy Commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) implicated in acts of terrorism, including through support for designated terrorist organisations. He has been accused of coordinating the attempted assassination of Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador to the US in 2011. |
| Dalokay Sanli 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Dalokay Şanli has held a leadership position in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Europe, and manages recruitment and financing activities for the PKK in Europe. The PKK are a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and are listed under the EU’s CP931 Regime. |
| Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is an Islamist extremist who was involved in the planning of the 9/11 attacks on the US. |
| Farah Meliad | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Farah Meliad has been found guilty of having participated in the bombing of Burgas Airport, which killed 6 people and injured 32 others. He is associated with the terrorist group Hizballah. |
| Hasan Izz Al-Din 4 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Hasan Izz Al-Din is a member of Lebanese Hizballah. He is wanted by the FBI for his involvement in the hijacking of a commercial airliner on 14 June 1985 during which various passengers and crewmembers were assaulted and one US citizen murdered. |
| Saeid Hashemi Moghadam Director General of Intelligence Deputy Minister, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (Internal Security Directorate) 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As Director General of Intelligence in the Internal Security Directorate of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), Saeid Hashemi Moghadam was involved in the foiled terrorist attack against a meeting of the Iranian exiles in Villepinte in June 2018. |
| Hassan El-Hajj 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Mr El-Hajj has been found guilty of complicity in the bombing of Burgas Airport which killed six people and injured 32 others. He is associated with the military wing of Hizballah, a terrorist organisation. |
| Mohammed Bouyeri 3 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Mohammed Bouyeri was a member of the (now disbanded) Islamist terrorist Hofstad Group. Bouyeri murdered the film director Theo van Gogh in the Netherlands 2004. In 2005 he was found guilty of murder and of membership of a terrorist organisation. |
| Assadollah Asadi Third Secretary, Iranian Embassy Vienna | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Assadollah Asadi was involved in the planning and preparation of a foiled terrorist attack against a meeting of Iranian exiles in Villepinte in June 2018. |
| Manssor Arbabsiar 8 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Manssor Arbabsiar is a US/Iranian national who pleaded guilty to participating in a plot to murder Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador to the US in 2011. |
| Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser Alleged Leader of Saudi Hizballah 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser is the alleged leader of Saudi Hizballah. He is wanted by the FBI for his involvement in the Khobar Towers attack of 25 June 1996. |
| Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Al-Yacoub is a member of Saudi Hizballah. He is wanted by the FBI for his involvement in the Khobar Towers attack of 25 June 1996. |
| Hamed Abdollahi General Senior Quds Officer 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Arms embargo, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Hamed Abdollahi is a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). Mr Abdollahi has been accused of overseeing and coordinating the attempted assassination of Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador to the US, in 2011. |
| Mohammed Fawaz Khaled 16 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | 'Khaled is assessed to have left the UK and travelled to Syria to engage in Islamist extremist activists on behalf of ISIL. It is assessed that Khaled has been involved in terrorist activity, and would likely seek to provide financial support to ISIL were his designation to lapse. There are reasonable grounds to suspect that Khaled is an involved person as defined by the Counter-Terrorism (San |
Where this comes from
The UK Sanctions List (FCDO, GOV.UK); CSV read 4 November 2026 (saved copy). Every UK sanctions regime.