Company or organization
Yara S.A.L. OFFSHORE Company
| Authority | Status | Date | Basis or court | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Treasury | Designated | Jan. 31, 2024 | Executive Order 13224 (Terrorism) | Entry |
Tie to Hezbollah, in the Government's Words
“Linked To: HIZBALLAH”
U.S. Treasury, OFAC, Specially Designated Nationals List entry: YARA S.A.L. OFFSHORE COMPANY,
Specially Designated Nationals List entry, Jan. 31, 2024, remarks field, sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.
What Treasury Said
“Lebanon-based Yara Offshore SAL (Yara) is another Hizballah-affiliated company that has facilitated, using sanctioned vessels, large sales of Iranian commodities to the Syrian regime, for which the Syrian regime has paid millions of dollars to Yara.”
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Iranian IRGC-QF and Hizballah Financial Network,
press release, Jan. 31, 2024, para. 9, home.treasury.gov.
“Yara also conducted transactions on behalf of U.S.-designated Hizballah and IRGC-QF front company Concepto Screen S.A.L., which OFAC previously designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, on May 25, 2022 because it was used by Muhammad Qasir and U.S.-designated Hizballah illicit finance team official Muhammad Qasim al-Bazzal to facilitate commercial transactions likely benefiting the IRGC-QF and Hizballah.”
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Iranian IRGC-QF and Hizballah Financial Network,
press release, Jan. 31, 2024, para. 9, home.treasury.gov.
Linked To
- Linked To: HIZBALLAH
As Listed
- U.S. Treasury YARA S.A.L. OFFSHORE COMPANY
Exhibits
Exhibit 1
U.S. Treasury, OFAC,
Specially Designated Nationals List entry: YARA S.A.L. OFFSHORE COMPANY,
Specially Designated Nationals List entry, Jan. 31, 2024, sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.
Exhibit 2
U.S. Department of the Treasury,
Treasury Sanctions Iranian IRGC-QF and Hizballah Financial Network,
press release, Jan. 31, 2024, home.treasury.gov.Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.
Summary The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions against three entities and one individual in Lebanon and Türkiye for providing financial support to an IRGC-QF and Hezbollah financial network. The action was taken today under Executive Order 13224, as amended, and blocks the designated persons’ property and interests in property within the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons.
Cite this pageMiddle East Forum, “Yara S.A.L. OFFSHORE Company,” Party of God, Inc., accessed October 21, 2026.