Trump’s Sanctions On Iran Demolishes Hezbollah Financial Network

Trump’s Sanctions On Iran Demolishes Hezbollah Financial NetworkGottfried Von Leibniz 1649 
"Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran and senior policy adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, recently told the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and International Terrorism that the sanctions on Iran have made it difficult for the Islamic Republic to expand its military capabilities and continue funding proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Tehran-allied Shiite militiamen in Iraq.
In January 2018, Forbes designated Hezbollah the wealthiest terrorist group in the world with an annual income of $1.1 billion, generated primarily by “aid funding from Iran, drug manufacture, and trade.”
Hezbollah controls the lucrative drug trade and money laundering activities across the Western Hemisphere, particularly Latin America, according to U.S. government sources. 

Still, it receives over $700 million a year – around 60% of its revenue, from Iran.
Hook told House lawmakers that Trump’s maximum pressure campaign on Tehran has forced “Hezbollah and Hamas” to enact “unprecedented austerity plans due to a lack of funding from Iran.”..."

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