Nathan Sales, U.S. State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism, speaks during a press briefing in Washington D.C., the United States, Nov. 13, 2018. The U.S. Department of State on Tuesday designated a Hezbollah-related individual and an organization as "global terrorists," imposing sanctions on both. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

The U.S. Department of State on Tuesday designated a Hezbollah-related individual and an organization as "global terrorists," imposing sanctions on both.

The State Department said in a statement that it had designated Jawad Nasrallah and Al-Mujahidin Brigades (AMB) as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

Jawad Nasrallah is the son of Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah, and AMB is a military organization that received funding and military training from Hezbollah, according to the statement.

"Today's actions maintain the momentum of the Administration's snapback sanctions on Iran," said the statement.

All of their property and interests subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with them.

Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury had announced sanctions to other four Hezbollah-related individuals "who lead and coordinate the group's operational, intelligence, and financial activities in Iraq."