The Joe Biden administration imposed terrorism sanctions against two accountants and two companies Lebanon for providing financial services to Hezbollah terrorist group.
The Treasury Department announced that it will also impose sanctions against “foreign terrorist organization” for help to hezbollahin the acquisition of arms.
The sanctions are directed against Adel Mohamad Mansourexecutive director of the group al-Qard Al-Hassan of Hezbollah, which has previously been sanctioned by USAas well as another company in which he is involved, al-Khobara for Accounting, Auditing and Studies.
Sanctions will also apply to the company Auditors for Accounting and Auditing and one of their representatives, Naser Hasan Neseras well as Hassan Khalil, that according to Treasury Department American was actively involved in arms acquisition.
“The individuals and companies designated today have facilitated the operation of Hezbollah’s financial apparatus throughout Lebanon,” Treasury said in a statement.
“Their public personas as financial professionals and institutions is just another way in which Hezbollah hides its abuse of the financial system to support its destabilizing agenda,” the letter read.
Adel Mohamad Mansour downplayed the impact of the sanctions.
“I am proud and this is a medal of honor for me,” he told the news agency. Associated Press.
“This doesn’t worry me at all. Since I joined this line (Hezbollah) I expected anything,” Mansour said. He added that Al Qard al Hassan He has been under US sanctions since 2007 and said this has not hampered his work.
On November 3, the United States imposed sanctions against a group of people, companies and ships related to a network of oil smuggling which, he claimed, benefits the Hezbollah group and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
More than a dozen companies, six people and 11 vessels flying flags from around the world, from Djibouti to Panama, were included in the sanctions for participating in a plan that included mixing and exporting Iranian oil already sanctioned.
The Treasury Office for Control of Foreign Assets said that Viktor Artemov, Edman Nafrieh, Rouzbeh Zahedi, Mohamed El Zein and others used dozens of companies to carry out illicit activities.
The measure was adopted after the Department of State designated two Chinese companies in September and the Treasury penalized a network of companies based in Hong Kong, Iran, India and the United Arab Emirates for playing a key role in the sanctioned Iranian oil shipment.
Due to the sanctions, the parties will not have access to any property or financial assets in the United States.
(With information from The Associated Press and The Independent)
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