Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, Reuters reported, citing two people with direct knowledge of the transfer.

The money was received last month despite tightening U.S. economic pressure on Iran and growing difficulties in transferring funds to Tehran’s Lebanese ally, the sources said.

Intermediaries involved in moving the money charged a 20% fee, reflecting the risks associated with handling funds for Hezbollah, they said. One of the sources said the fee was four times the normal rate.

Asked for comment, a Hezbollah official said the group had secured an unspecified amount of money and would announce a plan for distributing it in the coming days, without providing details about the source of the funds.

Hezbollah plans to use the funds to make an initial payment of $3,000 to each affected family, with priority given to people whose villages have been destroyed or remain inaccessible because of the Israeli occupation, the sources said.

One of the sources estimated that about 50,000 families would qualify for the initial assistance.

Iran has maintained financial support for Hezbollah through years of crippling U.S. sanctions. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Tehran transferred $1 billion to the group during the first 10 months of 2025.

Iran had promised Hezbollah additional funding after Tehran reached an interim agreement with Washington in June that allowed Iran to sell its oil, Reuters reported at the time. The agreement collapsed in July.

Since then, Washington has intensified economic pressure on Iran, tightening sanctions and imposing a naval blockade aimed at preventing Iranian oil exports.

The two sources provided no details on how the $200 million was transferred into Lebanon.

One source said it had become increasingly difficult for Hezbollah to move money through financial companies that had previously processed such transfers. Firms based in Iraq and Dubai were no longer viable options, the source said, while similar channels in Turkey were also coming under pressure.

Hezbollah’s opponents regard money as the group’s “oxygen,” the source said.

Despite the growing difficulties in securing funds, Hezbollah has continued paying its fighters as well as the families of those killed in combat, the source added.