Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
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| August 2025 | Announced he is 'not planning' to seek another term in the 2030 election, signaling potential political transition. |
| June 22 2025 | Condemned US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as an 'unprovoked act of aggression' while simultaneously authorizing Russian strikes against Ukraine. |
| May 15 2025 | Participated in direct talks with Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul, proposing territorial concessions as a condition for peace. |
| May 2025 | Attended the Victory Day parade in Moscow with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Lula da Silva, and other foreign leaders. |
| 2025 | Re-elected in a presidential election described as a sham by international observers. |
| May 7 2025 | India conducted missile strikes against terrorist camps in Pakistan, including Jaish-e-Mohammed's camp in Bahawalpur. Masood Azhar reported the loss of ten family members, including his sister, nephew, nieces, and other close relatives. |
| May 2025 |
Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev threatened to start World War III after President Donald Trump criticized Putin, which US special envoy Keith Kellogg called an 'unfortunate, reckless comment'.
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| May 2025 | Approved Alexander Novak's coal industry bailout plan. |
| May 2025 | Mishustin was tasked by State Duma's Deputy Speaker Victoria Abramchenko to solve over-capacity problems at Rostselmash, Russia's largest farm machinery manufacturer. |
| April 2025 | After meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Minsk, Lukashenko announced a plan to open Belarus to 150,000 migrant workers from Pakistan, causing concerns in Poland and among the Belarusian public. |
| April 25 2025 | Kim Yo Jong appeared with her two children at the launching ceremony of the Choe Hyon destroyer. |
| April 2025 | Rejected a US proposal for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict. |
| April 2025 | A cleric was discharged for insulting Khamenei. |
| March 2025 | During Nowruz, people were arrested by the Iranian regime for chanting insults against Khamenei, including phrases like 'King must return, Zahak is dead'. |
| March 2025 |
International sanctions against North Korea
Cheap North Korean apples were discovered being sold in Russian supermarkets through the North Korean state business Korea Hwanggumsan Trading Corporation.
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| March 27 2025 | During the 80th anniversary of Myanmar Armed Forces Day, reaffirmed the military's commitment to democracy, promising to hold a general election by the end of the year and hand over power to the winning party. |
| March 2025 | Sepideh Qolian was put on trial for previously crying out the protest chant 'Khamenei Zahak we will take you underground'. |
| March 2025 | Franklin Foer of The Atlantic declares the 21st century the 'Age of Vladimir Putin', describing his global impact on democracy. |
| March 4 2025 | Visited Thailand to attend the BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok following the 2025 Myanmar earthquake. |
| March 4 2025 | Made an official visit to Moscow, meeting with Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace and signing ten memorandums of understanding covering sectors like nuclear energy, space exploration, trade, and investment. |
| February 14 2025 | An Argentine court issued arrest warrants against Min Aung Hlaing for genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingyas, using the principle of universal jurisdiction. |
| January 31 2025 | Extended the state of emergency by six months, delaying promised elections and emphasizing the need for peace and stability before lifting the emergency. |
| January 26 2025 | Alexander Lukashenko was reelected as President of Belarus, claiming approximately 88% of the vote in the presidential election. |
| January 10 2025 | Sworn in for his third term as president. |
| January 2025 | ASEAN upheld its decision to ban Min Aung Hlaing from attending its summits and limit Myanmar's participation to a non-political level. |
| 2024 | X blogger Hossein Shanbezade sentenced to 12 years in jail (with 3.5 years commutable) for ratioing Khamenei with a period point '.' dot. |
| 2024 | Runs for and claims victory in a third presidential term, despite opposition claims of electoral irregularities. |
| 2024 | Orders North Korean soldiers to assist Russians in the Kursk offensive during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. |
| 2024 | An investigation by multiple media outlets uncovered leaked documents from the 'Agency of Social Design', revealing their involvement in large-scale disinformation campaigns. The agency produced approximately 40,000 content units (including memes, images, and comments) over a 4-month period, targeting governments of France, Poland, Germany, and Ukraine. |
| 2024 | Nicolás Maduro launched his presidential re-election campaign, seeking another term as President of Venezuela despite widespread international criticism and concerns about the democratic legitimacy of the election process. |
| 2024 | Maduro won a third presidential election with 51.2% of the votes in the first round, continuing his leadership of Venezuela. |
| 2024 | Ran for a third term in an election where the Maduro-aligned CNE claimed victory without providing evidence, leading to a political crisis. |
| 2024 | In the Year-End Review, Putin expressed regret for not launching the 'Special Military Operation' earlier and with better preparation, suggesting that it should have coincided with the annexation of Crimea. |
| 2024 | Khamenei wrote an open letter to American students, which received a harsh reaction from the US, describing the students protesting against Israel as a new branch of the Axis of Resistance. |
| 2024 | Khamenei claimed that while speaking to his military, he had been articulating words that God put in his tongue. |
| December 2024 | During the Eurasian Economic Union summit, Lukashenko had a heated argument with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after being refused an invitation to host the next EEU summit. |
| December 2024 | During the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union, Lukashenko engaged in a heated argument with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after Pashinyan declined an invitation to visit Belarus. |
| December 2024 | The U.S., Germany, France, and the UK urged for de-escalation in Syria amid renewed violence. |
| December 31 2024 | At a New Year performance, Kim Yo Jong was first seen in state media with two children (one boy and one girl), believed to be her own. |
| December 15 2024 | Assad stated in a Telegram message that he had visited a military base during the siege and had no intention of resigning. |
| December 8 2024 | As rebel troops entered Damascus, Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow and was granted political asylum by the Russian government, while Damascus fell to rebel forces. |
| December 7 2024 | Rebel forces captured the strategic city of Homs, cutting off Assad's regime from key coastal strongholds. |
| December 5 2024 | Petrovsky's trial for war crimes began in Finland. |
| November 2024 | ICC prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan requested an arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing, citing reasonable grounds to believe he was responsible for crimes against humanity in the genocide of Rohingya people. |
| November 2024 |
Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev commented on the upcoming United States presidential election, implying it would not alter the course of the conflict in Ukraine or Russia's position.
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| November 2024 | A coalition of Syrian rebels mounted several offensives against the country intending to oust Assad. |
| October 2024 | Kadyrov accused three members of the Russian parliament of attempting to commission an assassination against him. |
| October 31 2024 | Petrovsky was formally charged with war crimes, specifically for allegedly commanding Rusich soldiers in an ambush of a Ukrainian unit in September 2014 that resulted in 22 killings and 4 wounded soldiers. |
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