Overview
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the listings on January 13, advancing a U.S. effort begun in November 2025 to target parts of the movement.
- The designations trigger Treasury sanctions that freeze any U.S.-held assets of members of the named branches and bar U.S. persons from doing business with them.
- The Treasury Department said the groups present themselves as civil-society organizations but secretly support terrorist organizations, naming Hamas.
- Egypt welcomed the move, describing the Brotherhood’s ideology as a threat to regional and international security.
- The Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928, Hamas traces its roots to the movement, and Jordan banned the organization in April 2025.