Washington Removes Sanctions on Iraq's Fly Baghdad Airline
Treasury said the airline showed major operational changes during a review, but it kept sanctions tied directly to owner Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbani.
- On Wednesday, the US Treasury lifted sanctions on Iraq's Fly Baghdad Airlines and two Boeing 737 aircraft following an administrative reconsideration process.
- Washington originally designated the airline in January 2024 for alleged links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps- Quds Force and its proxy groups in Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon.
- According to a Treasury official, the airline was delisted after demonstrating 'major changes to their operations' through the administrative reconsideration process.
- Despite this relief, the US Treasury maintained sanctions against CEO Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan Al-Shabbani, now attributing his designation directly to the IRGC-QF.
- Treasury officials clarified the removal is a routine legal outcome, stating, 'This is not indicative of any shift in US policy toward the Government of Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force.
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The United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed Iraqi commercial carrier Fly Baghdad and two of its passenger aircraft from its Specially Designated Nationals list, after previously targeting the airline over suspected links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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