The Islamic Resistance Support Association (IRSO; ''Hay'at Da'am al-Muqawama al-Islamiya fi Lubnan'') is a charity used to raise funds for

Hezbollah Hezbollah ( ; , , ) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. I ...

and pay for the services it offers in

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

. Hezbollah uses the IRSO to collect donations in support of its military activities. Specifically, the IRSO broadcasts advertisements on Hezbollah's

al-Manar Al-Manar () is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the Islamist political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah,

television station in support of the charity fund. Leaflets distributed by the IRSO offer prospective different programs to choose from: # Monthly donations # Donations to martyrs' children and families # The Palestinian Jihad donation fund # Support a Fighter program # Equip a Fighter program # Donate the cost of a Rocket # Donate the cost of ammunition # Donations in kind for a fighter's basic needs According to Stuart Levey, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), " heIRSO's fundraising materials present donors with the option of sending funds to equip Hizballah fighters or to purchase rockets that Hizballah uses to target civilian populations." He also noted that "the IRSO works to inflict suffering rather than alleviate it." U.S. Executive Order 13224 shuts the IRSO out of the U.S. financial system by prohibiting transactions with the organization by persons of U.S. citizenship or persons residing in the U.S., as well as freezes any assets the IRSO may have under U.S. jurisdiction. It is designated by the US OFAC as a

Specially Designated Global Terrorist A Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) is a person or entity that has been designated as such by the United States Department of State or the U.S. Department of the Treasury. An SDGT designation is made under authority of U.S. Executive ...

group, which allows the US to block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism.Specially Designated Global Terrorist list

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* http://www.moqawama.org {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214184147/http://moqawama.org/ , date=2015-12-14 - Official website of Islamic Resistance Support Organization, in Arabic, English, Spanish and French Anti-Israeli sentiment in Lebanon Hezbollah Organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist