US imposes sanctions on militia leaders in Iraq linked to Iran

The United States has announced that it will impose sanctions on militia leaders in Iraq who have links with Iran, according to media reports. The Vice President of the United States made the announcement at a high-level meeting on religious freedom. While Pence did not say about anything about who those leaders are, the US Treasury earlier today announced the sanctions against four individuals in Iraq 'implicated in serious human rights abuse or corruption'.

Treasury sanctions persons associated with serious human rights abuse and corrupt actors in Iraq https://t.co/9YLBFbreXm

— Treasury Department (@USTreasury) July 18, 2019

The four individuals named by the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are two militia figures, Rayan al-Kildani, and Waad Qado, and two former Iraqi governors, Nawfal Hammadi al-Sultan and Ahmed al-Jubouri.