Hussein Falah Al-Lami

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Iran-backed militia leader, tasked by other senior militia commanders with suppressing the late 2019 protests in Iraq

Country:

Iraq  

Status:Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation

Risk Level:99%

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Info:
Husayn Falih ‘Aziz al-Lami (al-Lami) is an Iran-backed militia leader, tasked by other senior militia commanders with suppressing the late 2019 protests in Iraq. Al-Lami was part of a committee of IRGC-QF proxies that approved the use of lethal violence against protesters for the purpose of public intimidation. In late 2019, al-Lami was responsible for ordering the assassinations and suppression of protesters in Baghdad. Al-Lami directed militia fighters who shot protesters in early October 2019, a time when dozens of protesters were killed;

Al-Lami is designated for being a foreign person who is responsible for, is complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in serious human rights abuse;

Involved In:
Human Rights Violations

Also Known As:
Husayn Falih ‘Aziz al-Lami (al-Lami)
al-Lami, Abu Zainab
Aziz, Hussein Faleh

Born:
20 Jun 1969

Country:
Iraq

Nationality:
Iraq

Reason for the color:
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on December 6, 2019 pursuant to Executive Order 13818 for their involvement in serious human rights abuse in Iraq;