Iran Using Hezbollah in Iraq

U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner accused Tehran of using the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah as a "proxy" to arm Shiite militants in Iraq.

Iran Using Hezbollah in Iraq

The claims are an escalation in U.S. accusations that Iran is fueling Iraq's violence, which Tehran has denied, and were the first time the U.S. military has said Hezbollah has a direct role.

U.S. general accuses Iran of violence in Iraq