ALBAWABA - The United States said that the Iranian government financed Hezbollah with about $1 billion during 2025 despite the sanctions imposed by America and its allies.
John Hurley, the Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), said in an interview on Friday that Iran was able to send around $1 billion to Hezbollah in 2025.
The U.S. has adopted a "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran in order to ban the country from increasing its uranium enrichment and regional influence in the Middle East, including in Lebanon, Reuters reported Sunday.
Last week, the U.S. imposed sanctions on two individuals who were accused of sending money for the Lebanese group via money exchanges.
Hezbollah is designated as a terrorist group by several Western governments and Gulf states.
"There's a moment in Lebanon now. If we could get Hezbollah to disarm, the Lebanese people could get their country back," the American official said.
Hezbollah entered a clash with Israel in 2024 on the border between the two countries; the Iranian-backed group fired rockets towards Tel Aviv, while Israel carried out multiple airstrikes that resulted in the killing of major commanders in the Lebanese group, including its secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. In addition to the pager attacks that killed and injured thousands of Hezbollah fighters and members of their families.
Despite the ceasefire agreement, Israel continues to carry out attacks in Southern Lebanon until today, as local media reported on Sunday, Nov. 9, that Tel Aviv targeted a vehicle between Khirbet Selm and Al-Sawana in southern Lebanon.
