Dashboard first — explainer second
Iran frozen assets dashboard — 2026
Track Iran's frozen and restricted assets in 2026 by country, amount, legal status, and accessibility — including the Qatar $6B account and U.S.-linked claims, in one live reference view. There is no single “official” global total: we publish ranges and confidence because custody overlaps and filings differ. For who is sanctioned and under which programs, use our Sanctions page.
Last updated . Coverage spans 14 major jurisdictions and policy frameworks. Numbers are reference estimates — always confirm with courts, regulators, or counsel if you need certainty for a decision.
Key figures & status taxonomy
USD · editorial ranges
Global frozen / restricted (tracked jurisdictions)
~$95B – "40B
Sum of overlapping ranges; not additive where double-counted.
US-linked (custody & blocking)
~$38B – $52B
EU member-state aggregate
~"8B – $28B
Korea / Japan (public estimates)
~$6B – "1B
Middle East (excl. dedicated bilateral hubs)
~$2B – $8B
Discharged / partial release (12 mo., tracked)
~".2B – $4B
Jurisdictions by status (this table)
Status legend
- Frozen
- — Assets blocked or immobilized pending legal or policy outcome.
- Restricted
- — Use or transfer limited; may still earn income under license.
- Discharged / partial
- — Court or regulator ordered release of part or all of a position.
- Forfeited / seized
- — Title transferred to a state or creditor after final judgment.
- Unclear / pending
- — Litigation, settlement talks, or classification still open.
Quick summary
Iran-related money abroad shows up as central-bank reserves, bank custody, court-held funds, and similar arrangements — and public numbers rarely line up into one neat total. We publish ranges and how reliable we think each estimate is because the same funds can be counted in more than one country’s reporting, and “restricted” is not the same as “frozen” in every legal system.
The Sanctions page is about who is on a list and which rules apply to them. This page is about where money is held, roughly how much, and what status it has (frozen, restricted, released, forfeited, or unclear). Neither page is legal advice; use official sources when it matters.
Jurisdiction map
Color is legal status (same as the table). Circle size reflects the midpoint of the published USD range on a square-root scale so small bands stay visible — it is not an “urgency” score. Placements are national centroids, not bank locations. Hover a circle to read it above overlaps; click for full labels.
Jurisdiction table (18 rows)
If JavaScript is off, an accessible text version of this table is still available; the interactive grid is below.
IEEPA / OFAC blocking; criminal forfeiture
Central bank reserves + bank custody; overlapping claims with allies.
Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering Act; court orders
Includes escrow pending arbitration outcomes.
EU restrictive measures; member enforcement
Member-state reporting lags; ranges from consolidated estimates.
EU implementation; BaFin asset freezes
Bank-held balances and title to securities.
EU measures; Trésor blocking
Foreign Exchange Act; cabinet orders
MOF public notices; bank reporting.
FTRA; FSC coordination
Includes won-denominated custody converted at spot ranges.
Special Economic Measures Act
Embargoes Act; FINMA guidance
Bank secrecy limits public granularity.
EU implementation; treasury blocking
EU implementation; DNB oversight
EU funds law; CSSF-style freezes (cross-border)
Fund structures complicate single-jurisdiction totals.
Autonomous sanctions; AML/CTF
Terrorism Suppression of Financing; MAS directions
Often reported as “affected assets” not full block.
Domestic AML holds; correspondent banking
Public disclosure limited; includes pending settlements.
SAMF / local bank compliance
UNSCR implementation; FEMA
Small vs global total but legally distinct channel.
Domestic court; war reparations linkage (legacy)
Legacy claims; overlap with UN escrow narratives.
| Jurisdiction | Amt (USD) | Status | Legal basis | Verified | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $38B – $52B | frozen | IEEPA / OFAC blocking; criminal forfeiture | 2026-03 | medium |
| United Kingdom | $6B – $9B | frozen | Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering Act; court orders | 2026-03 | medium |
| European Union (aggregate) | "8B – $28B | restricted | EU restrictive measures; member enforcement | 2026-02 | low |
| Germany | $3.5B – $5.5B | frozen | EU implementation; BaFin asset freezes | 2026-03 | medium |
| France | $2.8B – $4.2B | frozen | EU measures; Trésor blocking | 2026-03 | medium |
| Japan | $2.5B – $4B | restricted | Foreign Exchange Act; cabinet orders | 2026-02 | medium |
| South Korea | $3.2B – $5.8B | frozen | FTRA; FSC coordination | 2026-02 | medium |
| Canada | ".8B – $3.1B | frozen | Special Economic Measures Act | 2026-01 | medium |
| Switzerland | $5B – $8B | restricted | Embargoes Act; FINMA guidance | 2026-03 | low |
| Belgium | $0.9B – ".6B | frozen | EU implementation; treasury blocking | 2026-01 | medium |
| Netherlands | ".1B – $2B | frozen | EU implementation; DNB oversight | 2026-02 | medium |
| Luxembourg | $0.4B – $0.9B | restricted | EU funds law; CSSF-style freezes (cross-border) | 2025-12 | low |
| Australia | $0.35B – $0.75B | frozen | Autonomous sanctions; AML/CTF | 2026-01 | medium |
| Singapore | $0.5B – ".2B | restricted | Terrorism Suppression of Financing; MAS directions | 2026-02 | low |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.6B – $2B | unclear | Domestic AML holds; correspondent banking | 2025-11 | low |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.2B – $0.9B | unclear | SAMF / local bank compliance | 2025-10 | low |
| India | $0.15B – $0.45B | frozen | UNSCR implementation; FEMA | 2026-01 | low |
| Iraq | $0.08B – $0.25B | forfeited | Domestic court; war reparations linkage (legacy) | 2025-09 | low |
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Latest changes
EU consolidated reporting window
Member-state estimates for Q1 custodial balances refreshed; wide confidence bands retained where disclosures lag.
US: supplemental blocking notice
Additional bank custody lines reclassified from restricted to frozen pending OFAC review; range midpoint revised upward.
Japan MOF guidance
Clarified reporting for yen-denominated immobilized securities; no change to headline range, footnotes tightened.
Partial discharge (EU)
Court-ordered release of escrow tied to a single arbitration; reflected in 12-month discharged band only.
Switzerland: FINMA Q4 statistical release
Aggregate “affected assets” ticked down; confidence remains low due to non-public bank-level data.
Korea: year-end custody survey
FSC table revision; upper bound of Asia-Pacific KPI trimmed slightly.
Methodology & data ops
- We publish jurisdiction-level ranges with explicit confidence, not a single headline “official” total. Overlapping custody, double-counting across allies, and non-public bank data make a precise global sum misleading.
- Legal labels (frozen vs restricted vs forfeited) follow how regimes describe measures in public notices and major court filings, not colloquial press usage.
- Figures are researched and updated manually by the IranWarRoom team—not from live automated feeds. Each row shows when that line was last checked; we aim to review monthly or sooner after major court or regulatory developments.
- When we change amounts, labels, or confidence in a meaningful way, we summarize it in the Latest changes section.
- The jurisdiction map places each row at an approximate national or regime centroid for orientation only — not custodian addresses. Circle radius scales with the square root of the midpoint of each published USD range (larger circle ≈ larger published band). Color encodes legal status, not urgency.
- Table export (e.g. CSV) is disabled for now; if it returns, it will be labeled as the on-screen view only — not a separately versioned canonical dataset.
Coming in a later update
We ship this page as one scrollable reference first. These features are on the roadmap:
- Standalone explainer page for long-form legal history and definitions (separate from this dashboard).
- Dedicated Qatar / bilateral custody section — pending sourcing policy.
- U.S. claims and litigation section with more detail.
- Expandable row details with full citations.
- Table filters and sorting — only if they don’t create confusing extra URLs for search engines.
- Scenario tool for “what if” access changed — clearly labeled as modeled, not fact.