diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index c0d811c..7d609b3 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
     entry: check-json
     language: python
     types: [json]
+-   id: check-iam
+    name: check IAM
+    description: checks terraform files for parseable IAM syntax.
+    entry: check-iam
+    language: python
+    types: [tf]
 -   id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
     name: check that scripts with shebangs are executable
     description: ensures that (non-binary) files with a shebang are executable.
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/check_iam.py b/pre_commit_hooks/check_iam.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc2cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/check_iam.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import argparse
+import hcl2
+# from typing import Any
+from typing import Sequence
+
+
+def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('filenames', nargs='*', help='Filenames to check.')
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+    retval = 0
+    for filename in args.filenames:
+        if filename == "iam.tf":
+            continue
+        with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
+            try:
+                dict = hcl2.load(f)
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                print(f'{filename}: Failed to hcl decode ({exc})')
+                retval = 1
+        resources = data.get('resource')
+        if resources:
+            for item in resources:
+                for keys in item:
+                    if key.startswith("aws_iam"):
+                        print(f'{filename}: Has {key} resource')
+                        retval = 1
+        resources = data.get('data')
+        if resources:
+            for item in resources:
+                for keys in item:
+                    if key.startswith("aws_iam"):
+                        print(f'{filename}: Has {key} data resource')
+                        retval = 1
+    return retval
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    raise SystemExit(main())