The U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted nine Hezbollah-affiliated individuals Thursday, accusing them of blocking Lebanon’s peace process and stalling disarmament.
The individuals include named sitting Lebanese government security officers for the first time.
The sanctions deny the individuals any access to property or assets in the United States.
The nine include four Hezbollah members, including Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb Fanich, a leader in the terrorist group’s executive council; Nizammeddine Fadlallah, one of the group’s elected members of the Lebanese parliament; and longtime officials Ibrahim al-Moussawi and Hussein al-Hajj Hassan.
Also on the list was Iranian ambassador-designate to Lebanon, Mohammad Reza Sheibani, and two security officials with the Hezbollah-allied Amal Movement, Ahmad Asaad Baalbaki and Ali Ahmad Safawi….