The U.S. Treasury Department has named Hezbollah’s al-Manar television a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity. Al-Manar runs programming designed to recruit terrorists and incite violent attacks. Much of its funding is provided by Iran.

“Today’s action gives the government the tools it needs to cripple al-Manar’s broadcasts, which spread the Iranian regime’s propaganda, support terrorism, recruit suicide bombers, and incite violent attacks,” said Mark Dubowitz, COO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which founded the Coalition Against Terrorists Media (CATM), a group that has been working to shut down al-Manar. “We congratulate the federal government on providing the means to aggressively pursue al-Manar and those who do business with it.”

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