Money received by the Iranian regime from sanctions relief under an emerging nuclear deal will be channeled into supporting terrorist proxies, including Hezbollah, according to the Wall Street Journal editorial board.
“Under sanctions, the mullahs have funneled some $200 million annually to Hezbollah—largess that doesn’t make sense from a rational economic perspective but advances the regime’s terrorist aims. Imagine what they could achieve with the estimated $50 billion that will be President Barack Obama’s down payment toward a nuclear deal,” the Wall Street Journal said.
The article cited recent events in Gambia and Cyprus. “Gambia over the weekend expelled Lebanese businessman Husayn Tajideen. He operated a commercial network in Africa that U.S. authorities say serves as a front for Hezbollah, the terrorist militia created by Iran in 1982. The Gambian government cited Mr. Tajideen’s “unacceptable business practices” as the reason.”
“On May 27 Cypriot police raided a house in Larnaca where they discovered five tons of the chemical-explosive agent ammonium nitrate. Police arrested a 26-year-old Lebanese man visiting Cyprus on a Canadian passport in connection with the raid.”
Meanwhile citing Cypriot intelligence sources, Daily Phileleftheros reported on May 27 that the man is a member of Hezbollah’s military wing with close ties with the group’s leader Hassan Nasrullah. According to the report he received training in Iran by the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
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