The Baghdad-based carrier was delisted from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) list under each of its three registered names, Fly Baghdad Airlines Company, Fly Baghdad, and Iraq Express. A US Treasury official, who spoke anonymously, told AFP that the airline had cleared the department’s administrative reconsideration process. “FBA (Fly Baghdad Airlines) has demonstrated major changes to their operations such that their listing is no longer warranted,” the official said. Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbani, the Iraqi national identified as the company’s owner when the sanctions were first imposed, remains blacklisted. His entry was rewritten so that the designation now cites the IRGC Quds Force directly instead of Fly Baghdad.