US updates designation basis for Iran-backed militias

18 September 2025

US updates designation basis for Iran-backed militiasFly of Swallow Studio/Shutterstock.com

The US has designated 4 Iran-backed militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The militias were already listed as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under EO...

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Michael O'Kane

Michael is Senior Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. He has acted in many of the most high profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and as a prosecutor. Michael was called…

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