Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act of 2025
The Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act of 2025 (S. 145) would redesignate Ansarallah (the Houthi movement) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and apply U.S. sanctions on Ansarallah and its officials or affiliates within 30 days of enactment. It also requires a presidential determination within 30 days after designation identifying three named individuals (Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim) as officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah. The bill directs the President to develop within 180 days a strategy to degrade Ansarallah’s capabilities in the Red Sea/Bab al Mandeb region and to restore freedom of navigation. It further requires a 180-day report on obstacles to providing humanitarian aid in Yemen under Ansarallah’s de facto control, focusing on bureaucratic barriers, interference with aid, violence against aid workers, and steps the U.S. and partners are taking to ensure aid delivery. Definitions clarify who Ansarallah is, what constitutes a “foreign person” or “U.S. person,” and which congressional committees review the bill.
Key Points
- 1Designation and sanctions: Within 30 days of enactment, the President must designate Ansarallah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and apply sanctions under Executive Order 13224 to Ansarallah and to any foreign person deemed an official, agent, or affiliate of Ansarallah.
- 2Targeted determinations: Within 30 days after designation and imposition of sanctions, the President must determine whether Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim are officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah.
- 3Strategy to degrade capacity: Within 180 days, the President must submit a strategy to restore freedom of navigation in the Bab al Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea, and to degrade Ansarallah’s offensive capabilities (including command and control, leadership, intelligence sources, lethal aid, training, and materiel support).
- 4Humanitarian aid report: Within 180 days, the Secretary of State (in coordination with USAID) must report on obstacles to delivering humanitarian aid in Yemen areas under Ansarallah control, including regulatory/bureaucratic barriers, interference with aid or beneficiary lists, violence against aid workers, and steps the U.S. and partners are taking to ensure aid delivery aligned with humanitarian principles.
- 5Definitions and scope: The bill defines Ansarallah, foreign person, person, United States person, and identifies the relevant congressional committees (Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs) for review and oversight.