U.S. targets Hezbollah with fresh sanctions, emphasizes ties to Iranian government
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on the 20th (local time) that funds for Lebanon's pro-Iranian armed group Hezbollah...
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ussanews.comUS Targets Hezbollah With Fresh Sanctions, Emphasizes Ties to Iranian Government
The United States will on Thursday issue fresh sanctions targeting Lebanon’s Hezbollah, including re-designating it under a terrorism authority, according...
US Targets Hezbollah With Fresh Sanctions Over Iran Ties
While Hezbollah is not being designated under any new authority, the Treasury Department is redesignating it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist "for service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force", according to the statement.
US hits Hezbollah with fresh sanctions, emphasizing ties to Iranian government
The United States on Thursday issued fresh sanctions targeting Lebanon's Hezbollah, including re-designating it over actions on behalf of the Iranian government, according to a statement seen
Washington has updated the basis for designating Hezbollah as a global terrorist organization, so that its activities in the service of Iran and under the Quds Force will be explicitly emphasized. At the same time, sanctions were imposed on ten people suspected of smuggling cash for the organization. The move is separate from the planned sanctions package against Tehran
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