U.S. blacklists Saraya al-Mukhtar as Iran-backed terrorist group

Dec. 16 (UPI) — The Trump administration has designated the Iran-backed Saraya al-Mukhtar as an global terrorist firm, accusing it of focusing on U.S. citizens in Bahrain and supplying dollars rewards for the assassination of officials in the Center Eastern region.

U.S. Secretary of Condition Mike Pompeo declared the sanctions on Tuesday, stating the team poses “a substantial possibility of committing functions of terrorism that threaten the countrywide security and foreign coverage of the United States.”

The Specifically Designated World wide Terrorist label bars the organization from the U.S. economic program and freezes all residence it has in the United States in an effort to deny it sources to dedicate functions of terrorism, the United States’ top diplomat claimed.

The Point out Section also accused the team of receiving financial and logistic support from Iran’s Islamic Innovative Guard Corps, which the Trump administration specified in April of final 12 months.

“Modern designation of Saraya al-Mukhtar sends a solid information to the Iranian routine that we will not permit its terrorist proxies to threaten the people of Bahrain and the U.S. personnel stationed there,” Pompeo stated on Twitter.

Bahrain’s Ministry of International Affairs reported in a assertion that it “welcomes” the designation, contacting it “a substantial good phase taken to confront the destructive actions and intentions of explained corporation.”

The Saraya al-Mukhtar’s mission has been to dispose of the govt in Bahrain, and the international ministry stated it “commends the relentless efforts” of the Untied States in combatting all terrorist organizations.