The Trump administration has designated the Sudanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood—a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) with plans for Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) status—as its fourth such action against the group's affiliates. This targets the Sudanese Islamic Movement and its armed wing, the al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade, for violence in Sudan's civil war and ties to Iran.
On Monday, March 9, the U.S. State Department announced the designation of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood, comprising the Sudanese Islamic Movement and the al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade (BBMB). This follows January designations of the Lebanese, Jordanian, and Egyptian branches.
The group is accused of 'unrestrained violence against civilians' to advance its Islamist agenda and undermine Sudan's peace efforts. It supplied over 20,000 fighters to the civil war, displacing 12 million and killing up to 400,000, per a former U.S. envoy. Fighters received training from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and BBMB conducted mass executions targeting civilians by race, ethnicity, or opposition ties.
The Treasury had sanctioned BBMB in September 2025 under Executive Order 14098. New measures, effective March 16, freeze U.S.-based assets and prohibit transactions, with secondary sanctions risks for foreign entities.
The U.S. pledged to use 'all available tools to deprive the Iranian regime and Muslim Brotherhood chapters of the resources to engage in or support terrorism.'
