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Liwa Zainabiyoun

Also: Zaynabiyoun Brigade. Base: Pakistani fighters (Iran, Syria).

Overview

OFAC's SDN record for the Zaynabiyoun Brigade carries the relationship "Providing support to" the IRGC Qods Force. (OFAC SDN record 26348)

IRGC Qods Force in US Documents

SDN relationship: Providing support to ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE

From MEF Research

Iran began to search elsewhere, paying a pittance to poor Shi'ites from Afghanistan and Pakistan to join the Fatemiyoun and Zainabiyoun brigades.

Leaders

No individual on the OFAC SDN List as fetched for this build carries a leadership relationship or title for this group, and the US documents used here name no leader. This tab lists only people named in designation documents.

History

  1. 2019-01-24 ZAYNABIYOUN BRIGADE added to the OFAC SDN List. (OFAC SDN record 26348)

Designations

US Listing Records
DateRecordDetailSource
2019-01-24OFAC SDN List entryZAYNABIYOUN BRIGADE: programs IFSR, SDGT, IRGC, IRAN-HR; on the SDN List since 2019-01-24 (OFAC enhanced list date).OFAC SDN record 26348

Activity

  • 0 attacks and clashes
  • 2 money and logistics events
  • 0 counteractions

Events on record from 2019-01-24 to 2020-12-08.

Open All 2 Events on the Map

All 2 Events, Newest First
DateTypeGroupsPlaceSummarySource
2020-12-08Money and logistics
Treasury (OFAC) sanctions action		Houthis, Fatemiyoun, ZainabiyounIran (country named most often in the release)
country (Natural Earth label point)		Treasury sanctions action; the release names Houthis, Fatemiyoun, Zainabiyoun.US Treasury press release
2019-01-24Money and logistics
Treasury (OFAC) sanctions action		Fatemiyoun, ZainabiyounIran (country named most often in the release)
country (Natural Earth label point)		Treasury sanctions action; the release names Fatemiyoun, Zainabiyoun.US Treasury press release

MEF Coverage

MEF-written articles in the local meforum.org archive that mention this group (5 shown; the archive covers 2004-09-01 to 2026-08-28).