Reinforcing Sanctions on Iranian Terrorists Act

The Reinforcing Sanctions on Iranian Terrorists Act (H.R. 1489) would extend U.S. sanctions related to Mahan Air by requiring the President to evaluate and potentially apply sanctions to the Iran Airports Company (IAC), the state-owned holding company for Iran’s civilian airports that supports Mahan Air’s operations. Building on existing designations of Mahan Air (on the Specially Designated Nationals list since 2011 under EO 13224) and Treasury’s public statements about Mahan Air’s role in transporting arms, fighters, and IRGC-Quds Force support, the bill directs an official determination within 90 days of enactment about sanctioning IAC under EO 13224. The determination would be transmitted to Congress in unclassified form (with a possible classified annex). The underlying purpose is to tighten the sanctions regime against entities that enable Iran’s terrorist-associated activities and regional destabilization. In short, the bill formalizes a process to sanction Iran’s civilian airport infrastructure that supports Mahan Air, leveraging existing authorities to block assets and prohibit transactions with those tied to terrorist support, and it requires timely congressional notification of the decision.