The United States will issue fresh sanctions targeting Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Thursday, including re-designating the group under a terrorism authority to emphasize its ties to the Iranian government, Reuters reported, citing a statement it reviewed.
The Treasury Department will re-designate Hezbollah as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist “for service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force,” the statement said.
A US official cited by Reuters said the move was intended to show that Hezbollah acts on behalf of the Iranian government and to update the public record linking the designation to its actions for the IRGC Quds Force.
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