U.S. House Passes Sanctions on Iran-Backed Hezbollah

Lawmakers move to clamp down on war crimes such as using civilians as human shields

A woman reacts during the repatriation of the bodies of fallen Lebanese army soldiers, who died after they had been taken hostage in 2014 by the ISIS group and whose remains were found along the Syrian border, in the capital Beirut's downtown Riad al-Solh Square on Sept. 8, 2017. The soldiers' remains were recovered as part of a Hezbollah-brokered deal in late August 2017 which allowed the evacuation of ISIS terrorists from the Lebanese-Syrian border. STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 25 backed new sanctions on Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization, part of an effort to take a tough line against Tehran without immediately moving to undermine an international nuclear agreement.

Three Hezbollah-related measures passed by voice vote, without opposition. The House will vote on Oct. 26 on another bill, to impose additional sanctions on Iran related to its ballistic missiles program.