diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index eb67f60..b7cb3d1 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@ const eligibilityCmd = async ctx => {
         }
     }
 
+    else if (res.status === "Sanctioned country") {
+        if (matchedBy === "user mention") {
+            return await ctx.respond({
+                response_type: 'ephemeral',
+                text: `<@${userId}> lives in a country that cannot have packages delivered to due to sanctions.`
+            })
+        } else {
+            return await ctx.respond({
+                response_type: 'ephemeral',
+                text: `You live in a country that cannot have packages delivered to due to sanctions.${matchedBy == "not allowed" ? " (Only whitelisted users can check other people's verification statuses.)" : ""},`
+            })
+        }        
+    }
 
     else {
         return await ctx.respond({