The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on an alleged financial network accused of channelling funds to Hezbollah.
It also strengthened its description of the Lebanese group’s relationship with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The US Treasury Department announced the measures on Thursday, saying Hezbollah’s legal designation had been updated to reflect what Washington described as the group’s role in supporting the Iranian regime under the direction of the Revolutionary Guard, particularly its elite Quds Force.
The move comes as the United States works to facilitate direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, which remain technically at war. Hezbollah has rejected the talks.
Washington first designated Hezbollah a “foreign terrorist organisation” in 1997 and later classified it as a “specially designated global terrorist” group in 2001.
A State Department official said the latest change was intended to make clear that Washington views Hezbollah as an Iranian proxy rather than an independent
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