(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (KUNA) -- The US designated Tuesday Jawad Nasrallah and Al-Mujahidin Brigades (AMB) as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), saying that these designations "seek to deny Nasrallah and AMB the resources to plan and carry out terrorist attacks." The Department of State said in a statement that it has "also reviewed and maintained the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation of Hezbollah, which was originally designated as an FTO in 1997 and as an SDGT in 2001. It is a crime to knowingly provide, or to attempt or conspire to provide, material support or resources to FTOs." The statement affirmed that today's actions "maintain the momentum of the Administration's snapback sanctions on Iran. Together with this Administration's unprecedented campaign of targeted designations, these are the toughest sanctions that have ever been imposed on the Iranian regime." "They are designed to deprive the regime of vital revenue it uses to conduct terrorism and support terrorist groups around the world, to include Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata'ib Hezballah, and the Taliban," the statement stressed.
According to the statement, Jawad Nasrallah, who is the son of Hezbollah's leader and SDGT Hassan Nasrallah, is "a rising leader of Hezbollah," where he has "previously recruited individuals to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel in the West Bank." It noted that AMB is "a military organization that has operated in the Palestinian Territories since 2005 and whose members have plotted a number of attacks against Israeli targets. AMB has ties to Hezbollah and Hezbollah has provided funding and military training to AMB members." "Today's actions notify the US public and the international community that Jawad Nasrallah and AMB have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism," the statement reiterated. (end) si.ibi
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