Temporarily banned countries

Countries on the black list will not be able to take part in competitions under the auspices of IECO until they are removed from this list. Certain countries, according to the decision of the organizers of the competition, are included in the list for various reasons: recognized by the international community as sponsors of terrorism, having illegitimate and / or unrecognized governments for the international community, all kinds of violations of human rights and freedoms, and so on.

At the moment, 13 countries out of 193 UN members are on the black list:

#	Country	Country Code	Reason for being on the list	Date added
1	Afghanistan	AFG	The Taliban regime has not been recognized by the international community as legal and legitimate in Afghanistan since the armed coming to power at the end of 2021. Violation of human rights and freedoms.	December 16, 2022
2	Belarus	BLR	After the 2020 elections, Alexander Lukashenko was recognized as illegitimate by the vast majority of the international community. The Lukashenka regime provided the territory of Belarus for a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine.	December 1, 2022
3	Central African Republic	CAF		December 16, 2022
4	Cuba	CUB	The country is on the US list of sponsors of terrorism.	December 16, 2022
5	Eritrea	ERI		December 16, 2022
6	Iran	IRN	The country is on the US list of sponsors of terrorism.	December 16, 2022
7	North Korea	PRK	The country is on the US list of sponsors of terrorism.	December 16, 2022
8	Myanmar	MMR		December 16, 2022
9	Russia	RUS	After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Parliament and a number of parliaments of European countries recognized Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.	December 1, 2022
10	Syria	SYR	The country is on the US list of sponsors of terrorism.	December 16, 2022
11	Turkmenistan	TKM		December 16, 2022
12	Venezuela	VEN		December 16, 2022
13	Yemen	YEM		December 17, 2022