Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations

Badr Organization

Designation Status (as of October 12, 2026)

US State Dept FTO	Not listed official list
US Treasury OFAC SDN (SDGT)	Not listed official list
UK Proscribed	Not listed official list
EU Terrorist Lists	Not listed official list
Canada Listed Entities	Not listed official list
Australia Listed	Not listed official list

Official lists as of October 12, 2026. Listing names are quoted as the list gives them. What changed since 2018

Profile written 2014 The profile below is the original Jihad Intel text and has not been updated. Designation status above is current.

Not yet designated as terrorist by a Western country
Base of operations: Iraq, Syria

Background: Musings on Iraq

The Badr Organization, previously known as the Badr Brigades, originated as an Iranian-backed armed wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI, since rebranded the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq), which is closest to Iran ideologically of the main Shi'a political groupings in Iraq. Since the 2003 invasion, however, the Badr Organization has effectively split off from the Supreme Islamic Council to form its own political and armed wing, acting as a direct proxy of Iran. Over the course of the Syrian civil war, the Badr Organization has deployed fighters to Syria under the banner of the Martyr Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr Forces to push back against Syrian rebels. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was the father-in-law of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. He had supported the Iranian Revolution and serves as a wide figure of inspiration for Iraq's Shi'a political groups. Since the outbreak of the wider Sunni insurgency in Iraq, the Badr Organization's military wing has been involved in fighting in Anbar, Samarra, and other areas.