{"id":2651386,"date":"2026-08-28T19:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-revokes-visa-of-iraqi-woman-who-received-award-from-biden-after-shes-found-on-terror-watch-list\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T20:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T00:46:17","slug":"trump-admin-revokes-visa-of-iraqi-woman-who-received-award-from-biden-after-shes-found-on-terror-watch-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-revokes-visa-of-iraqi-woman-who-received-award-from-biden-after-shes-found-on-terror-watch-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Revokes Visa of Iraqi Woman Who Received Award from Biden After She&#8217;s Found on Terror Watch List"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-revokes-visa-of-iraqi-woman-who-received-award-from-biden-after-shes-found-on-terror-watch-list%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2651386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that the U.S. State Department revoked the visa of Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi, a former Iraqi finance official who had previously received the International Women of Courage Award in 2022, presented by then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken and First Lady Jill Biden. She is now no longer in the United States after being added to the FBI\u2019s terrorist watchlist. Even though she was honored for her efforts against corruption and for gender equity, recent actions indicate suspicion of her ties to terrorism. The State Department did not disclose the details behind her watchlist placement or when she was added. Critics, including lawmakers and media outlets, highlight a contrast between her previous recognition and her current security status, suggesting political shifts influence such decisions. Her legal and intelligence situation is complex, with allegations of terrorist support and corruption investigations in Iraq, but no publicly filed terror charges against her.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The State Department has revoked the U.S. visa of a former Iraqi finance official who received a Biden-era State Department award and later appeared on the FBI\u2019s terrorist watchlist.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Secretary of State Dylan Johnson identified her as Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/08\/statement-from-assistant-secretary-dylan-johnson-on-revoking-visa-from-iraqi-national-on-fbi-terror-watchlist-given-award-by-previous-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said she is no longer in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken and then-First Lady Jill Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/2021-2025.state.gov\/2022-international-women-of-courage-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presented<\/a> her with the International Women of Courage Award.<\/p>\n<p>The department at the time described the prize as recognition for women who showed \u201cexceptional courage\u201d on peace, justice, human rights, and \u201cgender equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8JUST IN\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>The State Department has revoked the U.S. visa of Iraqi national Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi after she was placed on the FBI Terror Watchlist.<\/p>\n<p>She is no longer in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the Biden administration gave her the International Woman of Courage\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rBdnrWvTlT\">pic.twitter.com\/rBdnrWvTlT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BreannaMorello\/status\/2093386242406658136?\">August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Blinken called her Iraq\u2019s \u201cIron Woman\u201d and praised her as a fighter against budget corruption, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-honored-iraqi-official-lands-us-terror-watchlist-trump-state-dept-revokes-visa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She had served as Iraq\u2019s finance minister after earlier posts as deputy finance minister and director general of the budget department.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said she was later added to the FBI terror watchlist and that the Trump State Department then revoked her visa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, suspected terrorists will never be allowed to remain in the United States,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>On X, he contrasted the 2022 ceremony with the new action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Biden State Department shamefully celebrated and awarded foreigners who threaten our nation, the Trump State Department revokes their visas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In 2022, Anthony Blinken and Jill Biden celebrated Iraqi national Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi \u2013 personally presenting her with an award for advancing \u201cgender equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since, Ms. Mohammed was added to the FBI\u2019s terror watchlist.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StateDept?\">@StateDept<\/a> took swift\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lMK5K87910\">pic.twitter.com\/lMK5K87910<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dylan Johnson (@ASDylanJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ASDylanJohnson\/status\/2093343021693587802?\">August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The State Department did not release the intelligence behind the watchlist listing or say when she was added.<\/p>\n<p>A watchlist placement is not a criminal conviction. The government has not publicly filed terror charges against her in this announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Joe Wilson, a Republican from South Carolina, and Greg Steube, a Republican from Florida, have separately accused her of helping terrorist financing move through Iraq\u2019s financial system and have urged sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Those lawmakers\u2019 claims have not been adjudicated in the State Department release.<\/p>\n<p>An Iraqi court last year summoned her in a corruption inquiry involving former senior officials and placed her on a judicial wanted list, Fox News noted. That probe has not established guilt in U.S. reporting.<\/p>\n<p>She is believed to be outside Iraq as well as outside the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 award and the 2026 visa revocation now sit on the same record: a woman once hosted in Washington as a reformer is being treated by the current administration as a security problem.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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