26 Feb 2025
Wednesday 5 August 2015 - 11:10
Story Code : 174803

US officials to visit Israel for action countering Iran Middle East policy

A high-level US delegation will travel to Israel in September to discuss halting Tehran's alleged support for Lebanese and Palestinian militants, the Haaretz newspaper reported Tuesday, citing a senior US administration official.

MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� The announcement follows Iran�s nuclear agreement with�world powers that was successfully reached in�July. The deal stipulates easing the sanctions against�the country, and the expected rehabilitation of�Tehran's economy.

According to�the official, the US delegation, headed by�Acting Under Secretary for�Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Adam Szubin, will invest more effort in�tracking the funds received from�future lifting of�sanctions, as�Washington fears they will be transferred to�Iran�s armed forces.

"The Iranians will continue to�give money to�Hezbollah. We need to�cooperate on�how the money flows and try to�stop it. There is a feeling that we need to�intensify what we are doing together. We need to�pivot from�focusing on�the nuclear deal to�all the other things Iran is doing, like�funding terror organizations," the US administration official said, quoted by�Haaretz.

In 1984, the United States designated Iran as�a state sponsor of�terrorism. The US State Department accused Tehran of�using proxy militant groups to�advance its foreign policy goals in�the Middle East, and also of�supporting militant groups in�the region, like�Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Palestinian Hamas in�the Gaza Strip.

In April, Russian presidential envoy to�Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said Moscow did not share the US view that Iran was supporting terrorism.

On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 group, comprising China, France, Russia, the United States, Britain and Germany, reached an agreement to�ensure the peaceful nature of�Tehran's nuclear program and ease sanctions against�the country.
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