US designates Bahraini terror group linked to Iran
The outgoing US administration is continuing to pressure Iran and its allies in its final weeks in office.
The US government designated a Bahraini organization as a terror group today, part of a push to further pressure Iran and its allies before President Donald Trump leaves office in January.
Saraya al-Mukhtar is now a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," the State Department said in a press release. The department alleged that Mukhtar receives assistance from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and has plotted attacks on US and Bahraini officials.
The designation was filed under Executive Order 13324, which former President George W. Bush issued in 2001 following the Sep. 11 attacks. The order allows the US government to block the financial assets of designated terrorist groups.
“All of the group’s property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or hereafter come within the possession or control of US persons, are blocked,” read the document. “US persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with it.”
