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US denies Hezbollah received $200 million from Iran
October 9, 2026 at 07:02 PM
The US State Department denied reports that Hezbollah received $200 million from Iran for displaced Lebanese, calling the information inaccurate.
- State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott denied to Al Jazeera that Hezbollah received $200 million from Iran and called the Reuters report inaccurate.
- Reuters reported, citing two informed sources, that Hezbollah received $200 million from Tehran last month for displaced Lebanese, with mediators taking 20 percent.
- A Hezbollah official told Reuters a sum of money had been secured and its distribution plan would be announced in the coming days.
- Pigott said Hezbollah must disarm and sever its ties with Tehran, and that Washington was mobilizing billions for Lebanon's reconstruction.