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Issa Hussein Kassir

Designations and court status
AuthorityStatusDateBasis or courtSource
U.S. TreasuryDesignated July 3, 2025Executive Order 13224 (Terrorism) Entry

Tie to Hezbollah, in the Government's Words

“Additional Sanctions Information - Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations”

U.S. Treasury, OFAC, Specially Designated Nationals List entry: KASSIR, Issa Hussein, Specially Designated Nationals List entry, July 3, 2025, remarks field, sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.

What Treasury Said

“Issa Hussein Kassir (Kassir) is a senior AQAH official who oversees the department responsible for supplying equipment to AQAH branches and handling procurement and logistics.”

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Financial Officials, press release, July 3, 2025, para. 7, home.treasury.gov.

“In this capacity, Kassir opened bank accounts in the formal financial system to conduct business activities for AQAH.”

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Financial Officials, press release, July 3, 2025, para. 7, home.treasury.gov.

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  • U.S. Treasury KASSIR, Issa Hussein

Exhibits

  1. Exhibit 1

    U.S. Treasury, OFAC, Specially Designated Nationals List entry: KASSIR, Issa Hussein, Specially Designated Nationals List entry, July 3, 2025, sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.

    Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.

  2. Exhibit 2

    U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Financial Officials, press release, July 3, 2025, home.treasury.gov.

    Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.

    Summary The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions against seven senior officials of the Hezbollah controlled financial institution Al Qard Al Hassan and the entity Tashilat SARL under Executive Order 13224, as amended. The action was issued in Washington as a sanctions designation targeting alleged sanctions evasion and financial activities conducted on behalf of Al Qard Al Hassan and Hezbollah.

Cite this pageMiddle East Forum, “Issa Hussein Kassir,” Party of God, Inc., accessed October 21, 2026.