US Department of the Treasury – OFAC

Force in Play

Implementing sanctions on Iranian officials

Iran's December 2025 uprising was crushed at enormous cost. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) verified 7,007 deaths in its February 23 report, including 6,488 adult protesters and 236 children.

Updated 2 days ago

Rule Changes

Removed Theint Win Htet from the SDN list in October 2026

The US Treasury removed Theint Win Htet from its sanctions list on October 9, after she sued for delisting. Her father, fuel tycoon Thein Win Zaw, and his Shwe Byain Phyu Group were sanctioned in January 2024 for supplying Myanmar's military. Campaign group Justice For Myanmar called her the fifth regime-linked figure delisted since 2025 and said the removals let people who fund the junta back into the financial system.

Updated Oct 30

Money Moves

Designated Hormuz Safe, its insurer and the exchange BitBank in 2026

Iran started selling Bitcoin-priced insurance for Strait of Hormuz crossings in May. Treasury has since designated the platform, the state insurer behind it and a Tehran exchange it says moved the money to the Revolutionary Guard.

Updated Oct 23

Rule Changes

Implemented institution-wide sanctions on the ICC and issued a new six-month wind-down license

The U.S. just sanctioned two sitting International Criminal Court judges—because they helped keep the Israel-related Gaza case alive. It's a rare thing in diplomacy: Washington using the same financial weapon it uses on oligarchs and terror networks against a courtroom.

Updated Oct 15

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Enforcing Nicaragua sanctions program

On February 8, 2026, Nicaragua canceled visa-free entry for Cuban citizens, closing a corridor used by more than 400,000 Cubans to reach Central America and travel overland to the United States. The government acted under sustained pressure from Washington.

Updated May 27

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Leading international sanctions effort

For five years, Southeast Asia's scam compounds operated with near-impunity, generating an estimated $75 billion while trafficking hundreds of thousands of workers into forced labor. Then a Chinese actor got kidnapped in January 2025, and Beijing decided it had seen enough. Within twelve months, China extradited scam kingpins from Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar and sentenced crime family leaders to death. Beijing pressured regional governments into coordinated enforcement, transforming a tolerated nuisance into an existential threat.

Updated May 21

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Sanctions engine naming ships, owners, and facilitators tied to Venezuela oil flows.

Trump's Venezuela "blockade" threat is now backed by policy. Washington has added new Venezuela-linked sanctions and also targeted Iran's shadow-fleet network. Together, these expand the pool of already-sanctioned vessels that the U.S. Navy could board if they try to trade with Venezuela.

Updated May 15

Money Moves

As of May 2026: Issuing and adjusting licenses that govern Lukoil’s foreign asset sales

First the US froze Lukoil's assets. Now it's effectively forcing Russia's biggest private oil company to auction off its global business. A fresh Treasury waiver gives buyers until January 17, 2026 to lock in deals for oilfields, refineries and thousands of gas stations worth about $22 billion.

Updated May 10