TAMMY
BRUCE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
APRIL 28,
2025
Today, the United States is sanctioning three
vessels and their owners for supporting the Iran-backed
Houthis by delivering refined petroleum products to a
Houthi-controlled port.
The United States is committed
to disrupting the Houthis’ illicit revenue generation,
financial facilitators, and suppliers as part of our
whole-of-government approach to eliminating threats to
freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.
The U.S.
Department of State designated Ansarallah as a Specially
Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to E.O. 13224,
as amended, effective February 16, 2024. On March 4, 2025,
the Department of State announced the re-designation
of Ansarallah as a Foreign Terrorist
Organization pursuant to section 219 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended.
Today’s action is being taken pursuant to the
counterterrorism authority Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as
amended, and builds on OFAC’s numerous actions targeting
Houthi leaders, illicit revenue generation, financial
facilitators, and suppliers. For more information, please
refer to Treasury’s press
release.
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