U.S. sanctions 2 senior Hezbollah officials and 2 financial facilitators
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Posters of Hezbollah's slain leaders Hassan Nasrallah (L) and Hashem Safieddine are placed amid destruction caused by Israeli strikes against the Iran backed- group in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on December 4, 2024. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
The U.S. Treasury Department Thursday sanctioned two senior
Hezbollah
officials and two financial facilitators for what it said were roles in coordinating financial transfers to the group.
'Today's action underscores Hezbollah's extensive global reach through its network of terrorist
donors and supporters
, particularly in Tehran,' said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender in a statement. 'As part of our ongoing efforts to address Iran's support for terrorism, Treasury will continue to intensify economic pressure on the key individuals in the Iranian regime and its proxies who enable these deadly activities.'
Treasury sanctioned Mu'in Daqiq Al-'Amili as a senior Hezbollah official involved in coordinating the delivery of cash from Iran to senior Hezbollah officials in
Lebanon
.
Jihad Alami was sanctioned for allegedly receiving and distributing the funding.
Treasury said following the
Hamas
Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Amili 'coordinated the delivery of at least $50,000 to Alami in Lebanon, which was collected from Iran likely for onward transfer to
Gaza
.'
Fadi Nehme, described by Treasury as an accountant and business partner of Hezbollah's Chief of its Central Finance Unit, was also sanctioned as an alleged Hezbollah financial facilitator.
Treasury said Senior Hezbollah official Hasan Abdallah Ni'mah was sanctioned for his alleged role in funding and networking for Hezbollah across Africa. That included managing millions of dollars in transactions, according to the Treasury.
'As of August 2022, Ni'mah coordinated the delivery of hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars to the Hezbollah-aligned Islamic Movement of Nigeria,' the Treasury said in a statement. 'Ni'mah has had longstanding connections with senior Hizballah leaders, including the now-deceased Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah.
The Treasury Department said it will continue to intensify economic pressure on the key individuals in the Iranian regime and its proxies who enable these deadly activities.'
Treasury's Faulkender said in a statement, 'As part of our ongoing efforts to address Iran's support for terrorism, Treasury will continue to intensify economic pressure on the key individuals in the Iranian regime and its proxies who enable these deadly activities.'
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