Iran’s Influence in Brazil: Hezbollah’s Terrorist Group Expands and Finds More Support in Universities · Global Voices

The visit of the director of the Iranian study house Al-Mustafa coincides with high-level diplomatic meetings. The US embassy offers $10 million for information on the finances of the Lebanese militia in the Triple Border

São Paulo, May 30, 2025 – Total News Agency-TNA-The visit to Brazil of Ali Abbasi, director of the Iranian University Al-Mustafa—an institution sanctioned by the United States and Canada for its link with Shia armed groups—has raised alarms about the advance of Iranian influence in Latin America, in particular the expansion of Hezbollah, the pro-Iranian armed wing, into Brazilian educational and economic sectors. Abbasi arrived in the country in…

A team of United States federal agents was recently dispatched to Abidjan to investigate possible financing operations for Lebanese Hezbollah from Côte d'Ivoire.