Shafaq News/ The US Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctionson a network of Houthi financial facilitators and procurement operativesaccused of securing weapons, sensitive goods, and stolen Ukrainian grain fromRussia for shipment to Yemen.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the network operatesunder the direction of Sa’id al-Jamal, a senior Houthi financial officiallinked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF). Thesanctions also targeted eight digital asset wallets used to move fundssupporting Houthi operations.
“The Houthis remain reliant on Sa’id al-Jamal and his network to procurecritical goods to supply the group’s terrorist war machine,” Treasury SecretaryScott Bessent said. “Today’s action underscores our commitment to degrading theHouthis’ ability to threaten the region through their destabilizingactivities.”
The US has accused the Houthis of launching missile and drone attacks oncommercial shipping in the Red Sea, damaging vessels, killing civilians, anddisrupting global trade. Washington says Iran’s support enables these attacks.
The sanctions fall under Executive Order 13224, which designatesindividuals and entities linked to terrorism. The US State Departmentofficially labeled the Houthis as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist(SDGT) group on February 16, 2024. Sa’id al-Jamal was sanctioned in 2021 forhis support of the IRGC-QF.
Key Individuals and Entities Sanctioned
Among those designated are Afghan businessmen Hushang and SohrabGhairat, who allegedly helped al-Jamal secure weapons and coordinate Houthitrade in Russia. “In summer and fall 2024, Hushang and Sohrab, at Sa’idal-Jamal’s direction, orchestrated at least two shipments of stolen Ukrainiangrain from Crimea to Yemen on board the Russia-flagged AM THESEUS (IMO: 9720263),also known as the ZAFAR.”
Hong Kong-based AM Asia M6 Ltd, which owns and operates AM THESEUS, wasalso sanctioned, along with two Russian nationals, Vyacheslav VladimirovichVidanov and Yuri Vladimirovich Belyakov, who captained the ship during itsvoyages.
OFAC also targeted three Russia-based firms—LLC Sky Frame, LLC Edison,and LLC Kolibri Group—linked to Sohrab Ghairat. The companies were sanctionedfor being owned or controlled by him.
Money Laundering and Sanctions Evasion
The Treasury Department also sanctioned Hassan Jafari, “a Turkiye-basedIranian money launderer,” for allegedly handling multi-million-dollartransactions for al-Jamal’s network. Jafari is accused of enablingHouthi-linked sanctions evasion and financing shipments supporting the group.
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