Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1897 of 12 September 2025 amending for the 349th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations ¹, and in particular Article 7(1), point (a), and Article 7a(5) thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

• (2) On 22 August 2025, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council established pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) decided to amend five entries in the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply.

• (3) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 September 2025.

For the Commission

On behalf of the President

Director-General

Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

ANNEX

The identifying data for the following entries under the heading ‘Natural persons’ in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is amended as follows:

• (1) ‘Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr Tantoush (alias (a) Abd al-Muhsin, (b) Ibrahim Ali Muhammad Abu Bakr, (c) Abdul Rahman, (d) Abu Anas, (e) Ibrahim Abubaker Tantouche, (f) Ibrahim Abubaker Tantoush, (g) Abd al-Muhsi, (h) Abd al- Rahman, (i) Abdel Ilah Sabri (false identity related to fraudulent South African identification number 6910275240086 linked to South African passport number 434021161, both documents have been confiscated)). Address: Tripoli, Libya (as at Feb. 2014). Date of birth: 2.2.1966. Place of birth: al Aziziyya, Libya. Nationality: Libyan. Passport No: (a) Libyan passport number 203037, issued in Tripoli, Libya (b) Libyan passport number 347834, issued under name Ibrahim Ali Tantoush, expired on 21 Feb. 2014). Other information: (a) Associated with Afghan Support Committee (ASC), Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) Photograph and fingerprints available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UNSC Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 11.1.2002.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr Tantoush (original script: ابراهيم علي أبو بكر تنتوش) (good quality alias: (a) Abd al-Muhsin, (b) Ibrahim Ali Muhammad Abu Bakr, (c) Abdul Rahman, (d) Abu Anas, (e) Ibrahim Abubaker Tantouche, (f) Ibrahim Abubaker Tantoush, (g) Abd al-Muhsi, (h) Abd al-Rahman, (i) Abdel Ilah Sabri (false identity related to fraudulent South African identification number 6910275240086 linked to South African passport number 434021161, both documents have been confiscated); low quality alias: Al-Libi). Date of birth: 2.2.1966. Place of birth: al Aziziyya, Libya. Nationality: Libyan. Passport no: (a) 203037 (Libyan passport issued in Tripoli, Libya), (b) 347834 (Libyan passport issued under name Ibrahim Ali Tantoush, expired on 21.2.2014). Address: Afghanistan (as at June 2014). Other information: (a) Associated with Afghan Support Committee (ASC), Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 11.1.2002.’

• (2) ‘Al-Azhar Ben Khalifa Ben Ahmed Rouine (alias (a) Salmane, (b) Lazhar). Address: No 2 89th Street Zehrouni, Tunis, Tunisia. Date of birth: 20.11.1975. Place of birth: Sfax, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: (a) P182583 (Tunisian passport issued on 13.9.2003, expired on 12.9.2007), (b) 05258253 (National identification). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 12.11.2003.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Al-Azhar Ben Khalifa Ben Ahmed Rouine (original script: الأزهر بن خليفة بن احمد روين) (low quality alias: (a) Salmane, (b) Lazhar). Date of birth: 20.11.1975. Place of birth: Sfax, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport no: P182583 (Tunisian passport issued on 13.9.2003, expired on 12.9.2007). Address: No 2 89th Street Zehrouni, Tunis, Tunisia. Other information: (a) Sentenced to six years and ten months of imprisonment for membership of a terrorist association by the Appeal Court of Milan, Italy, on 7.2.2008, (b) Imprisoned in Sfax Prison on 5.6.2007 pursuant to an order issued by the Appeals Tribunal in Tunisia for joining an organization linked to terrorist crimes (case No.9301/207), (c) Sentenced to two years and 15 days’ imprisonment and released on 18.6.2008, (d) Considered a fugitive from justice by the Italian authorities as at July 2008, (e) On 20.1.2009, Italian authorities issued a detention order (No. 70/2009 S.I.E.P), following a 3 years 4 months and 29 days sentence for terrorism-related crimes, (f) Under administrative control measure in Tunisia as at 2010. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 12.11.2003.’

• (3) ‘Sulaiman Jassem Sulaiman Ali Abo Ghaith (alias Abo Ghaith). Date of birth: 14.12.1965. Place of birth: Kuwait. Passport No: 849594 (Kuwaiti passport issued on 27.11.1998 in Kuwait, expired on 24.6.2003). Other information: (a) Kuwaiti citizenship withdrawn in 2002; (b) Left Kuwait for Pakistan in June 2001. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 16.1.2004.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Sulaiman Jassem Sulaiman Ali Abo Ghaith (original script: سليمان جاسم سليمان علي أبوغيث) (low quality alias: Abo Ghaith). Date of birth: 14.12.1965. Place of birth: Kuwait. Passport no: 849594 (Kuwaiti passport issued on 27.11.1998 in Kuwait, expired on 24.6.2003). Other information: (a) Kuwaiti citizenship revoked since 2001 and is currently incarcerated in the United States of America; (b) Left Kuwait for Pakistan in June 2001. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 16.1.2004.’

• (4) ‘Shafi Sultan Mohammed Al-Ajmi (alias (a) Shafi al-Ajmi; (b) Sheikh Shafi al-Ajmi; (c) Shaykh Abu-Sultan). Title: Doctor. Date of birth: 1.1.1973. Place of birth: Warah, Kuwait. Address: Area 3, Street 327, Building 41, Al-Uqaylah, Kuwait. Nationality: Kuwaiti. Passport no.: 0216155930. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 23.9.2014.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Shafi Sultan Mohammed Al-Ajmi (good quality alias: (a) Shafi al-Ajmi, (b) Sheikh Shafi al-Ajmi, (c) Shaykh Abu-Sultan). Title: Doctor. Date of birth: 1.1.1973. Place of birth: Warah, Kuwait. Nationality: Kuwaiti. Passport no: 0216155930. Address: Area 3, Street 327, Building 41, Al-Uqaylah, Kuwait. Other information: (a) Fundraiser for Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, (b) In November 2023 released from prison in Kuwait as part of the Special Amiri Decree Pardon No. 225/2023. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 23.9.2014.’

• (5) ‘Gulmurod Khalimov. Date of birth (a) 14.5.1975, (b) approximately 1975. Place of birth: (a) Varzob area, Tajikistan, (b) Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Nationality: Tajikistan. Address: Syrian Arab Republic (location as at September 2015). Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 29.2.2016.’

is replaced by the following:

‘Gulmurod Khalimov. Date of birth (a) 14.5.1975, (b) approximately 1975. Place of birth: (a) Varzob area, Tajikistan, (b) Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Nationality: Tajikistan. Address: Afghanistan (Kunar and Nuristan provinces and border areas of Zebok district, Badakhshan province). Other information: (a) Syria-based military expert, member and recruiter of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, (b) Wanted by the Government of Tajikistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 7d(2)(i): 29.2.2016.’

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1897/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)