Hezbollah said on Friday that the United States “will not deter” its resistance against Israel after Washington announced new sanctions on the terrorist group, accusing it of serving Iran.

The US Treasury Department amended Hezbollah’s legal designation on Thursday to note that it operated in “service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”

It also announced new sanctions targeting 10 people who are allegedly part of a network that transfers cash to Hezbollah.

“All these unjust sanctions and classifications will not deter us from adhering to the path of resistance and the right of Lebanon and the Lebanese to defend their land, sovereignty and resources,” Hezbollah said in a statement.

The terror organization, armed and funded by Iran, stressed that it “does not need anyone to vouch for its Lebanese identity and patriotism.”

“Our close and fraternal relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran is a relationship we cherish and are proud of,” it added.

The Treasury statement said Hezbollah had a network that utilizes “couriers traveling on commercial airline flights between Lebanon, Turkey, the UAE, and Iran to move up to hundreds of millions of dollars between jurisdictions” to evade sanctions.

Washington designated Hezbollah a foreign terrorist organization........

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