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Source: https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/middle-east/putting-squeeze-iran-via-hezbollah
Putting the Squeeze on Iran via Hizbullah
(Cipher Brief) Kimberly Dozier - Lebanese Hizbullah was described by U.S. officials announcing new sanctions on Friday as a political party with a military army that does the bidding of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Trump administration has put Hizbullah back on center stage, as a vehicle by which to hit nemesis Iran. Two senior officials said they've been working with countries across the Middle East and west Africa to make the sanctions on Hizbullah bite.