OFAC designated four individuals—two senior Hizballah officials and two financial facilitators—for their roles in coordinating and processing funding for the terrorist group. Thursday's designations target operatives based in Lebanon and Iran who manage financial transfers from overseas donors, a critical source of Hizballah’s budget.
“Today’s action underscores Hizballah’s extensive global reach through its network of terrorist donors and supporters, particularly in Tehran,” said Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Michael Faulkender.
He emphasized that Treasury will continue to escalate pressure on key individuals within the Iranian regime and its proxies pursuant to National Security Presidential Memorandum-2 (NSPM-2).
The designations, pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (as amended), build on recent Treasury actions targeting Hizballah’s illicit finance activities, including its oil sales and commercial ventures. Hizballah was first designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on October 31, 2001.
• Mu’in Daqiq Al-‘Amili: Senior Hizballah representative in Qom, Iran; coordinated Iranian cash payments to Hizballah finance officials in Lebanon, including transfers related to the 2023–2024 Gaza conflict.
• Jihad Alami: Received and distributed Hizballah funds from Iran. Alami worked directly for the office of the late Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah.
• Fadi Nehme: Accountant and business associate of Hizballah Finance Chief Ibrahim Ali Daher; part owner of a Hizballah-linked auditing firm previously designated by OFAC.
• Hasan Abdallah Ni’mah: Facilitated multi-million-dollar funding and networking for Hizballah across Africa, including large transfers to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria.
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