US Revokes Taif Sami Mohammed's Visa, Puts Ex-Iraqi Minister on Terror Watchlist 4 Years After Award
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
US Revokes Taif Sami Mohammed's Visa, Puts Ex-Iraqi Minister on Terror Watchlist 4 Years After Award
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Summary
Taif Sami Mohammed, Iraq’s former finance minister, lost her U.S. visa this week and was placed on a U.S. terror watchlist, barring her from entering the country.
The State Department did not say when she was watchlisted or what intelligence drove the move, though Republican lawmakers had accused her of enabling terrorist financing through Iraq’s financial system.
Those allegations sharply reverse Mohammed’s standing in Washington: in 2022, Antony Blinken honored her with the International Women of Courage Award and praised her anti-corruption work.
Iraqi authorities had already escalated scrutiny in 2025, when a court summoned Mohammed and put her on a judicial wanted list in a broader corruption investigation; she is believed to be outside Iraq.