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Treasury Sanctions Hezbollah Funding Network, Calls It Iran Proxy

8/22/2026

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Treasury Sanctions Hezbollah

U.S. Treasury re-designated Hezbollah as an Iranian proxy and sanctioned ten individuals.
Treasury said Hezbollah operates for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force.
Sanctions target a funding network moving hundreds of millions of dollars via couriers on commercial flights.
Hezbollah said sanctions will not deter its resistance.
Hezbollah rejected the U.S. claim that it is controlled by the Quds Force.

Summary

ARIJ Exposes Fake

ARIJ’s October 2025 investigation exposed the X account “Al-Machhad al-Alami” as a fabricated Israeli persona.
The account used the names Moshe Yair and Moshe Meir and posted pro-Israel content.
Lebanese figures Rindala Jabbour and former labor minister Mustafa Bayram repeatedly shared the fabricated “Moshe Meir” statements on X.
Journalist Diana Moukalled warned that Hezbollah’s reliance on invented Israeli sources undermines factual discourse in Lebanon.

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Historical Context

After the U.S. Treasury first labeled Hezbollah a Global Terrorist in 2006—citing a network moving more than $400 million a year for Iran’s IRGC Quds Force—the agency re-designated the group in 2024 as an Iranian proxy. The action mirrors decades of sanctions by the United States and many other nations, prompting banks and journalists such as Diana Moukalled to scrutinize illicit financing and online disinformation.

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Treasury Sanctions Hezbollah

U.S. Treasury re-designated Hezbollah as an Iranian proxy and sanctioned ten individuals.
Treasury said Hezbollah operates for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force.
Sanctions target a funding network moving hundreds of millions of dollars via couriers on commercial flights.
Hezbollah said sanctions will not deter its resistance.
Hezbollah rejected the U.S. claim that it is controlled by the Quds Force.

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