Rayan al-Kildani
This page sets out what the documents in this archive record about this person: the legal status on the date shown, the cases, the official registers and the sources.
Legal status as of 20 October 2026
Placed on a government sanctions list. An official act, not a court judgment.
What the documents say
Designated on 18 July 2019 by the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order 13818 (Global Magnitsky) for serious human rights abuse, as leader of the 50th Brigade militia. The Treasury said a video circulated in May 2018 showed him cutting off the ear of a handcuffed detainee, and that his brigade had reportedly seized and sold farmland illegally and was accused by local people of intimidation, extortion and harassment of women. Not charged in Iraq as far as is known; no removal from the US list is known as of 19 October 2026.
- Kind
- Person
- Roles
- Leader of the Babylon faction (50th Brigade) of the Popular Mobilization Forces
Cases
| Case | Role | Status in this case | Detail | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Global Magnitsky corruption designations of Iraqi figures: two ex-governors (July 2019) and Khamis al-Khanjar (December 2019) | Leader of the Babylon faction (50th Brigade) of the Popular Mobilization Forces | Under sanctions | Designated on 18 July 2019 by the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control under Executive Order 13818 (Global Magnitsky) for serious human rights abuse, as leader of the 50th Brigade militia. The Treasury said a video circulated in May 2018 showed him cutting off the ear of a handcuffed detainee, and that his brigade had reportedly seized and sold farmland illegally and was accused by local people of intimidation, extortion and harassment of women. Not charged in Iraq as far as is known; no removal from the US list is known as of 19 October 2026. | 19 October 2026 |
Dated events
- 18 July 2019Under sanctionsDesignated by OFAC under Executive Order 13818 for serious human rights abuse
Documents
- US Department of the Treasury18 July 2019Sanctions noticeTier A
Treasury Sanctions Persons Associated with Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corrupt Actors in Iraq (sm735)
Document (saved page)Original addressSHA-256 74e16cca3c03designated two militia figures, Rayan al-Kildani and Waad Qado, and two former Iraqi governors, Nawfal Hammadi al-Sultan and Ahmed al-Jubouri, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818
- Al Jazeera Net23 July 2019Press reportTier D
العقوبات الأميركية على شخصيات عراقية.. ما علاقتها بنفوذ إيران في العراق؟
Original addressوطالت العقوبات كلا من ريان الكلداني (قائد فصيل بابليون المسلح التابع للحشد الشعبي)، ووعد القدو (قائد في الحشد الشعبي من مكون الشبك)
Articles
- 9 September 2025
- 23 July 2019
- 19 July 2019US Sanctions Four IraqisIraq Business News
- 19 July 2019
- 18 July 2019Treasury Sanctions Persons Associated with Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corrupt Actors in Iraqoriginal addressUS Department of the Treasury
- 18 July 2019