OFAC designates nine Hizballah-aligned Lebanese officials for obstructing disarmament
On May 21, 2026 OFAC designated nine individuals in Lebanon it accused of obstructing the country's peace process and impeding the disarmament of Hizballah, which Treasury called an Iran-backed terrorist organization.
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On May 21, 2026 OFAC designated nine individuals in Lebanon it accused of obstructing the country's peace process and impeding the disarmament of Hizballah, which Treasury called an Iran-backed terrorist organization. Per the Treasury text (via GlobalSecurity.org), the designees were embedded across Lebanon's parliament, military and security sectors, and included: Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb Fanich, who leads Hizballah's executive council; member of parliament Hassan Nizammeddine Fadlallah; Ibrahim al-Moussawi, head of Hizballah's Media Committee; MP Hussein Al-Hajj Hassan; Mohammad Reza Sheibani, Iran's ambassador-designate to Lebanon; Amal-linked security official Ahmad Asaad Baalbaki; Amal militia commander Ali Ahmad Safawi; Brigadier General Khattar Nasser Eldin of the Directorate of General Security; and Colonel Samir Hamadi of Lebanese Armed Forces intelligence.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Hizballah 'must be fully disarmed' and that Treasury would act against officials enabling its 'campaign of violence.' VOA and the Associated Press (via WHBL) corroborated the nine designations and their framing within OFAC's broader 'Economic Fury' pressure campaign against Iran and its proxies. The action freezes any U.S.-jurisdiction assets of the designees and bars U.S. persons from dealings.
The measures are politically sensitive in Lebanon given that several designees hold state or parliamentary positions; the allegations are OFAC's characterizations.
