US Treasury Sanctions 2 Lebanese Lawmakers, Hezbollah Official

Fighters with the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah party, a U.S. designated terrorist group, carry flags as they parade in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut, to mark the al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Day, on May 31, 2019. Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images

The Treasury Department on July 9 levied sanctions on a Hezbollah security official and two members of Lebanon’s Parliament suspected of using their positions to further the aims of the Tehran-backed militia and “bolster Iran’s malign activities.”

Lawmakers Amin Sherri and Muhammad Hasan Ra'd as well as Hezbollah security official Wafiq Safa were designated under an executive order, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism.