OFAC ADDS 15 KHORDAD FOUNDATION BEHIND BOUNTY ON SALMAN RUSHDIE TO SANCTIONS LISTS

On 28 October, OFAC announced that the 15 KHORDAD FOUNDATION (aks BONYAD-E PANZDAH-E KHORDAD) had been added to its SDN List.  This is an Iran-based foundation that has issued a multi-million-dollar bounty for the killing of prominent author Salman Rushdie.  Since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s order pronouncing a death sentence on Rushdie in February 1989, 15 Khordad Foundation has committed millions of dollars to anyone willing to carry out this act.  Since putting its bounty on Rushdie, the 15 Khordad Foundation, which is affiliated with the Supreme Leader, has raised the reward for targeting the author.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20221028

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1059

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KoIvM842y

Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section View all posts by raytodd2017