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February 12, 2026       Share:    

Source: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602113103

Iranian Diplomats Ferry Millions in Cash to Hizbullah

(Iran International) Mojtaba Pourmohsen - Senior Iranian diplomats transported large amounts of cash to Beirut in recent months, using diplomatic passports to move funds to Hizbullah. At least six Iranian diplomats carried suitcases filled with U.S. dollars on commercial flights to Lebanon. Those involved include Mohammad Ebrahim Taherianfard, a former ambassador to Turkey; Mohammad Reza Shirkhodaei, former consul general in Pakistan; his brother Hamidreza Shirkhodaei; Reza Nedaei; Abbas Asgari; and Amir-Hamzeh Shiranirad, a former Iranian embassy employee in Canada. Taherianfard traveled to Beirut in January alongside Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, carrying a suitcase filled with dollars. Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, traveled to Beirut in October and carried hundreds of millions of dollars in cash.

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