Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, has increased the funding for the Lebanon-based terrorist outfit Hezbollah. Tehran has raised the annual funding for Hezbollah to $800 million, an increase of $200 million, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post reports.

The Obama-Kerry nuclear deal gave the Iranian regime access to more than $115 billion worth of currency reserves previously frozen in foreign banks. Flushed with cash, Tehran has embarked on an ambitious military build-up that dwarfs the military budget of Israel, a country Iranian Mullahs threaten to annihilate.

Iran’s reentry into the international banking network, another major spin-off from the Obama-backed nuclear deal, makes it much easier for the mullahs to siphon money to its favorite terror groups operating outside their borders, including Hezbollah and its evil Sunni twin, Hamas.

The Jerusalem Post reported Iran’s increased funding for Hezbollah:

Two years after the nuclear deal was signed by Iran and world powers, the Islamic Republic is reported to have boosted its financial support to Hezbollah to $800 million a year, a dramatic increase from the $200m. it was said to be giving its proxy when sanctions were in place. (...)

The US and European countries lifted sanctions against Iran in January 2016, releasing roughly $100 billion in assets after international inspectors found that Iran had dismantled large parts of its nuclear program. (…)

According to IDF assessments, while Hezbollah has increased its military capabilities due to its fighting in Syria, the group has spread its troops across the entire Middle East and is hurting financially.

The finances of the Lebanese Shi’ite group, designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by dozens of countries around the globe, also has been hit hard due to years of sanctions by the United States. (...)

Iran also is reported to be spending hundreds of millions of dollars for its militias in Syria and Iraq, as well as supporting Houthi rebels in Yemen who are fighting pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition.

Hezbollah, or the "Party of Allah," was trained and armed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the mid-1980s to capture power in Lebanon and wage a campaign of terror against  neighboring Israel. Hezbollah has gradually taken control of Lebanon -- a Christian majority country some decades ago.

Since the Syrian Conflict began five years ago, Iran has found a new use for its proxy Hezbollah fighters. Tehran has dispatched thousands of Hezbollah combatants over to Syria to fight on behalf of the Assad Regime.

In 2006, Israel fought a 34-day war with Hezbollah, also known as the Second Lebanon War. Since then, the conflict between them has been limited to border skirmishes and occasional air strikes by Israel against Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure. However, replenished with fresh Iranian funds, Hezbollah is again threatening to flare up hostilities with Israel.