Iraq Removes Resistance Groups from Asset Freeze List

TEHRAN (Defapress) - Iraqi media sources reported that the Asset Freeze Committee at the Central Bank of Iraq has amended Decision No. (24) of 2025, and based on this amendment, all titles previously related to Hezbollah of Lebanon and the Ansar Allah Movement of Yemen have been removed from the asset freeze list.

According to the text published by the committee, the new amendment includes the cancellation of clauses of previous decisions that had placed these groups on the asset freeze list.

It was also emphasized that the amended decision must be published in the Official Gazette of Iraq and on the website of the Office for Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, and is effective from the date of issuance.

Previously, the Asset Freezing Committee at the Central Bank of Iraq had mistakenly listed Hezbollah and the Ansar Allah Movement of Yemen as “terrorist groups.”

Following this, Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani ordered an immediate investigation into the error in Decision No. 61 of 2025 of the Terrorist Asset Freezing Committee, which was published in the Official Gazette of Iraq, No. 4848, on November 17, 2025.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the decision contained texts that “did not reflect reality” and that Iraq had only agreed to Malaysia’s request to freeze assets related to ISIS and Al-Qaeda; nothing more.

In this statement, the Iraqi government emphasized that its political and humanitarian positions regarding the aggression against the people of Lebanon and Palestine are principled, consistent, and non-negotiable, and that these positions reflect the will of the Iraqi people to support the right of the peoples of the region to freedom and a dignified life.