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The United States Department of the Treasury has consistently targeted Hezbollah through financial sanctions, including tracking its funding sources [1], [2], [3], and sanctioning its leadership, operatives, and financial facilitators [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19]. Additionally, the Treasury Department has formally charged Hezbollah's leadership with orchestrating activities that threaten U.S. interests [20] and sanctioned entities directly operated by the group [21].
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Iran's Islamist Proxies in the Middle East - Wilson Center wilsoncenter.org 24 facts
measurementThe U.S. Treasury Department estimated in 2018 that Iran provided Hezbollah with more than $700 million annually.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Mohammad Reza Kazemi in 2021 for providing financial and material assistance in support of Meghdad Amini, a financial facilitator for Hezbollah.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Martyrs Foundation in 2007 for providing financial support to Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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 Department sanctioned Jamal Husayn Abd Ali Abd al Rahim al Shatti in 2021 for coordinating the transfer of money to Hezbollah and meeting with Hezbollah officials in Lebanon to donate money.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Hossein Asadollah in 2021 for selling electronics in the United Arab Emirates through the Dubai-based company Hemera Infotech FZCO in support of Meghad Amini, a financial facilitator for Hezbollah.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Omid Yazdanparast in 2021 for providing financial and material assistance in support of Ali Qasir, a Hezbollah financial facilitator.
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 Department sanctioned Ali Qasir in 2021 for managing front companies for Hezbollah and assisting in the management of Hezbollah's bank accounts.
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 U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the construction company Jihad al Binaa in 2007 for being formed and operated by Hezbollah.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Mostafa Puriya in 2021 for selling electronics in the United Arab Emirates through the company Hemera Infotech FZCO in support of Meghad Amini, a financial facilitator for Hezbollah.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Al Qard al Hassan in 2007 for managing Hezbollah’s financial activities.
claimIn 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department charged Hezbollah’s senior leadership with creating and implementing the terrorist organization’s destabilizing and violent agenda against U.S. interests and partners around the world.
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.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Mohammad Ali Damirchilu in 2021 for acting on behalf of Ali Qasir, a financial facilitator for Hezbollah.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Samaneh Damirchilu in 2021 for providing financial and material assistance in support of Ali Qasir, a Hezbollah financial facilitator.
claimThe U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Galería Page Shopping Center in 2006 for serving as a funding source and headquarters for Hezbollah in the Tri-Border Area.
claimThe U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah in 1995 for serving as a leading ideological figure of Hezbollah.