Iran: Freezing of Assets

(asked on 14th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the value of frozen Iranian assets held in the UK.


Answered by
Lucy Rigby Portrait
Lucy Rigby
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 19th January 2026

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury published in its 2024-2025 Annual Review that £19.3 million in assets across multiple sanctions regimes have been reported as frozen as of September 2024.

This is an aggregated total of all entities and individuals listed on the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets under non specified regimes including the Iran and Iran (Nuclear) regimes.

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