Iran and Hezbollah have reconstituted parts of their weapons-transfer and financing network using third-country routes, maritime channels and money-exchange systems after earlier air and land corridors were disrupted, Israel’s Ynet news outlet reported.
The report said the groups adapted after tighter airport controls in Lebanon, the collapse of long-standing routes through Syria and the killing of senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) operatives involved in logistics.
Ynet, citing the US Treasury Department, said Iran has transferred roughly $1 billion to Hezbollah since the start of the year, funding that Washington says is used to rebuild the group’s capabilities.
New smuggling channels have increasingly relied on Turkey and Iraq, as well as maritime shipments and cash-based businesses, according to Ynet.
Other methods described in the report include the use of gold transfers, cryptocurrency channels, and shipping components in parts for later assembly in Lebanon.
The report also said Hezbollah has sought to expand local production based on Iranian expertise, reducing dependence on vulnerable cross-border routes.
A US delegation visiting Beirut last week urged Lebanon's leadership to curb financing networks and strengthen oversight of money-exchange agencies.
Analysts quoted by Ynet said they expect Iran to continue supporting Hezbollah’s reconstruction to maintain its political influence within Lebanon’s Shi’ite community.
Brigadier General Ali-Mohammad Naeini, spokesman and deputy for public affairs of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), told Mehr News in an extensive interview that the 12-day June conflict had reshaped regional deterrence and left Israel unable to escalate.
“The enemy does not have the conditions for a new war,” he said, adding that statements suggesting renewed confrontation were “psychological operations and cognitive warfare.”
Naeini said Iran had fully restored its command cycle within hours of the June strikes and delivered what he called a decisive response.
He said the outcome of the fighting – which Tehran describes as one of the shortest but most consequential confrontations in its recent history – showed “years of planning, drills and preparedness.”
He portrayed the conflict as a technologically complex hybrid war involving missiles, cyber operations and information battles, rather than a conventional territorial fight. Naeini said Iran’s leadership played a central role in shaping public confidence and maintaining domestic cohesion throughout the confrontation.
Naeini emphasized that Iran’s armed forces remain on high alert and continue to expand missile, drone and air-defense capabilities, but argued that Israel is constrained by its “limitations, vulnerabilities and the strategic balance created after the June war.”
While dismissing talk of renewed conflict, he warned that Iran would deliver a stronger response if attacked again.
“The armed forces are ready for a more complex war,” he said. “If the enemy commits another mistake, the response will be more forceful and more regret-inducing.”
