2026年8月28日 美国东部时间上午10:09 / 福克斯新闻
塔伊夫·萨米·穆罕默德2022年曾获拜登颁发的“国际妇女勇气奖”，如今已被列入美国恐怖主义观察名单
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独家首发福克斯新闻： 四年前，塔伊夫·萨米·穆罕默德被美国誉为全球最具勇气的女性之一。时任国务卿安东尼·布林肯称赞这位伊拉克高级官员为该国的“铁娘子”，称赞她打击贿赂、揭露让腐败官员中饱私囊的阴谋，并在面临威胁的情况下坚持与腐败作斗争。
如今，穆罕默德据信身在伊拉克境外，被列入美国恐怖主义观察名单，且无法再进入美国。
一名国务院官员告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，国务院本周撤销了穆罕默德的签证，这对于这位2022年获得拜登政府最高知名度女性奖项之一的官员来说，是一次戏剧性的转变。
“拜登政府的国务院曾可耻地为威胁我国的外国人颁奖表彰，而特朗普政府的国务院则撤销他们的签证，确保这些人被驱逐出我国，”负责全球公共事务的助理国务卿迪伦·约翰逊告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
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塔伊夫·萨米·穆罕默德曾担任伊拉克财政部长，2022年获得时任总统拜登领导的国务院颁发的奖项，如今已没有美国签证，且被列入联邦调查局的恐怖观察名单。（美国国务院供图）
“在特朗普总统和鲁比奥国务卿的领导下，恐怖分子嫌疑人将永远不被允许留在美国。”
国务院没有立即透露穆罕默德被列入恐怖观察名单的时间，以及促成这一决定的情报细节。
穆罕默德失宠于华盛顿的迹象一年多前就已公开显现。
共和党议员此前指责她协助通过伊拉克的金融系统为恐怖主义融资，并敦促特朗普政府对她采取行动。南卡罗来纳州众议员乔·威尔逊和佛罗里达州众议员格雷格·斯特鲁布称穆罕默德是“伊拉克恐怖主义融资的关键推动者”，并敦促政府对其实施制裁。
这些指控与拜登政府2022年遴选穆罕默德获得国务院“国际妇女勇气奖”时对她的评价形成鲜明对比。
当时，穆罕默德担任伊拉克副财政部长兼预算总局局长。国务院称她是“打击腐败行为的一线领导人”，在预防伊拉克预算腐败方面发挥了不可或缺的作用。
布林肯在2022年3月的颁奖典礼上进一步称赞道，穆罕默德“叫停了贿赂行为”，并揭露了虚增政府薪资、让腐败官员中饱私囊的阴谋。
国务院称赞穆罕默德是勇气女性。（X平台/国务院供图）
这场由布林肯主持、时任第一夫人吉尔·拜登发表致辞的颁奖典礼，表彰了国务院所称的12位展现出非凡勇气和领导力的女性。
穆罕默德后来升任伊拉克财政部长，负责联邦预算、政府开支以及巴格达与伊拉克库尔德地区的金融关系。
此后，她的麻烦不仅限于美国华盛顿。
据伊拉克新闻网2025年8月9日援引熟悉程序的消息人士报道，伊拉克一家法院传唤了穆罕默德，并将她列入司法通缉名单，当局扩大了对前高级政府官员的腐败调查范围。
联邦调查局将一名被控协调欧洲近20起恐怖袭击的伊拉克男子引渡至纽约受审
美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯在华盛顿国务院的新闻发布会上谈论俄罗斯入侵乌克兰，2022年3月2日。（路透社/伊丽莎白·弗朗茨/泳池/档案照片）
据该报道，穆罕默德据信身在伊拉克境外，且未被拘留。法院行动只是调查的一部分，并未认定她有不当行为。
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该调查源于一项涉及政府合同和巨额公款的更广泛腐败调查，已波及其他前伊拉克官员，据报道。
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穆罕默德被列入美国恐怖主义观察名单是另一项可能更为严重的事态发展。国务院未说明这是否与国会议员提出的恐怖主义融资指控、伊拉克腐败调查或美国政府收集的其他情报有关。
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Biden-honored Iraqi official lands on US terror watchlist as Trump State Dept revokes visa
August 28, 2026 10:09am EDT / Fox News
Taif Sami Mohammed now appears on the US terrorist watchlist after receiving Biden’s Women of Courage Award in 2022
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
FIRST ON FOX: Four years ago, Taif Sami Mohammed was being celebrated by the United States as one of the world’s most courageous women. Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised the senior Iraqi official as the country’s “Iron Woman,” crediting her with stopping bribes, uncovering schemes that enriched corrupt officials and fighting corruption despite threats against her.
Today, Mohammed is believed to be outside Iraq, on the U.S. terrorist watchlist and can no longer enter the United States.
A State Department official told Fox News Digital that the department revoked Mohammed’s visa this week, marking a dramatic reversal for an official who received one of the Biden administration’s highest-profile awards for women in 2022.
“While the Biden State Department shamefully celebrated and awarded foreigners who threaten our nation, the Trump State Department revokes their visas and ensures these individuals are removed from our country,” Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson told Fox News Digital.
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Taif Sami Mohammed, Iraq’s former finance minister who received an award from President Joe Biden’s State Department, now has no U.S. visa and is on the FBI’s terror watchlist.(US State Department)
“Under President Trump and Secretary Rubio, suspected terrorists will never be allowed to remain in the United States.”
The State Department did not immediately provide details about when Mohammed was placed on the terrorist watchlist or the intelligence that led to that determination.
Mohammed’s fall from Washington’s favor had been building publicly for more than a year.
Republican lawmakers previously accused her of helping facilitate terrorist financing through Iraq’s financial system and urged the Trump administration to take action against her. Reps. Joe Wilson, R.S.C., and Greg Steube, R.Fla., called Mohammed a “key enabler of terrorist funding in Iraq” and pushed the administration to impose sanctions.
Those allegations stand in stark contrast to how the Biden administration described Mohammed when it selected her for the State Department’s International Women of Courage Award in 2022.
At the time, Mohammed was Iraq’s deputy finance minister and director general of its budget department. The State Department described her as a “frontline leader against corrupt practices” who had been integral to preventing corruption in Iraq’s budget.
Blinken went further during the March 2022 awards ceremony, saying Mohammed had “stopped bribes” and uncovered efforts to inflate government payrolls and enrich corrupt officials.
State Department praises Mohammed as a woman of courage.(X/State Department)
The ceremony, hosted by Blinken and featuring remarks from then-first lady Jill Biden, honored twelve women whom the State Department said had shown extraordinary courage and leadership.
Mohammed later rose to become Iraq’s finance minister, overseeing the federal budget, government spending and Baghdad’s financial relationship with Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Her troubles have since spread beyond Washington.
An Iraqi court summoned Mohammed and placed her on a judicial wanted list as authorities widened a corruption investigation into former senior government officials, IraqiNews reported Aug. 9, 2025, citing sources familiar with the proceedings.
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According to the report, Mohammed is believed to be outside Iraq and has not been detained. The court action is part of an investigation and does not establish that she committed wrongdoing.
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The investigation grew out of a broader corruption probe involving government contracts and large sums of public money and has reached other former Iraqi officials, according to the report.
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Mohammed’s placement on the U.S. terrorist watchlist represents a separate and potentially more serious development. The State Department has not said whether it is connected to the terrorist financing allegations raised by members of Congress, the Iraqi corruption investigation or other intelligence gathered by the U.S. government.
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