Iran has been funding Hezbollah and Hamas.
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The Rob Carson ShowOct 5, 2026
Multiple independent sources, including Reuters, the Congressional Research Service, and a House hearing record, state that Iran funded Hezbollah and Hamas, and CNN notes Iran's funding for these groups continued in the second half of the Trump presidency, with a 2020 administration statement that Iran continued funding them.
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… But it's we're not going to see a resurgence like the Islamic State or Al-Qaeda, the way they used to be at the beginning of the century. What we are dealing with right now is Iran, who has been funding the. Iran has been funding Hezbollah. Iran has been funding ah Hamas. And so once we eliminate that threat, and that's exactly what President Trump is doing, was choking them economically. I mean, look, they are dying economically. I mean, they are literally on the verge of collapse. …
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Supports. Reuters reports that Iran trained, armed and funded Hamas, and that Hamas official Ali Baraka said the group drew on money and training from Iran and from Hezbollah.[1]
Supports. The Congressional Research Service states the State Department says Iran continues to provide Hizballah with most of its funding, training, and weapons, and that Iran has aided Hamas for decades with material and financial support.[2]
Supports. A House hearing record states the Iranian regime has financially and materially supported Hamas and massively increased funding to it in the year before October 7, 2023.[3]
Supports. CNN's fact check finds Iran's funding for Hezbollah and Hamas declined in the second half of the Trump presidency but never stopped entirely.[4]
Context. A Reuters report cited in IranWire indicates Iranian transfers to regional allies, including Hezbollah, had not ceased entirely, contrary to a Treasury Secretary's claim that funding was being cut off.[5]
Context. The claim as extracted ("has been funding") matches the passage's assertion about Hezbollah and Hamas; no scope was widened.
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1How Hamas secretly built a 'mini-army' to fight Israel | Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Hezbollahcongress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Hearing: How America and Its Allies Can Stop Hamas, Hezbollah ...docs.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Fact check: Trump falsely claims Iran didn't fund terror ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5US Treasury Secretary Says Sanctions Forced Iran to Cut Proxy Group Fundingiranwire.com · not rated · cited for: context
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