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The United States Department of State maintains a relationship with Hezbollah through its role in monitoring and sanctioning the group and its leadership, as evidenced by the estimation of Iranian financial support [1] and the repeated imposition of sanctions on Hezbollah's senior leaders, operatives, and financial facilitators [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11].
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Iran's Islamist Proxies in the Middle East - Wilson Center wilsoncenter.org 11 facts
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Hezbollah representative in South America Bilal Mohsen Wehbe in 2010 for overseeing Hezbollah’s counterintelligence activity in the Tri-Border Area (Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay) and facilitating the transfer of funds from Brazil to Hezbollah.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned External Security Organization head Talal Hamiyah in 2012 for aiding Hezbollah’s global terrorist activities.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Hezbollah senior leader Husayn al Shami in 2006 for leading Bayt al Mal, a bank, creditor, and investment arm for Hezbollah.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah in 1995 for threatening to disrupt the Middle East peace process, in 2012 for overseeing Hezbollah’s support for Syria’s Assad regime, and in 2018 for acting on behalf of Hezbollah as its leader.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Hezbollah operative Ali Atwa in 2001 for his involvement in the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 on June 14, 1985.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Hezbollah senior military commander Mustafa Badr al Din in 2012 for aiding Hezbollah’s terrorist activities and in 2015 for coordinating Hezbollah’s military activities in Syria.
claimThe US Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Hamas financial auditor Fawaz Mahmud Ali Nasser in 2019 for transferring Iranian funds through Hezbollah to Hamas and managing funds related to Hamas prisoners.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Hezbollah operative Hasan Izz al Din in 2001 for his involvement in the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 on June 14, 1985.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Hezbollah senior commander Ali Mussa Daqduq al Musawi in 2012 for planning the attack on U.S. troops at the Karbala Joint Provincial Coordination Center in Iraq on January 20, 2007.
measurementIn 2020, the United States State Department estimated that Iran provided $700 million annually to Hezbollah.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah in 1995 for serving as a leading ideological figure of Hezbollah.