September 29, 2024 | 22.11
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Hezbollah’s Shura Council has chosen Hashem Safieddine as secretary general of the Lebanese movement, following the killing of Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on Friday. Sources reported this to al-Arabiya, while for the moment the ‘Party of God’ broadcaster al-Manar is not reporting the news.
Safieddine, 59, has long been considered Nasrallah’s “right-hand man”.a discreet but powerful man, responsible for the financial and organizational administration of Hezbollah. Although he was not a prominent public face, he played a crucial role in the internal management of the party, leaving the strategic and political leadership to his older cousin.
Safieddine’s influence is not limited to Lebanon, but also extends to Iranwhere he spent years studying in Qom, the nerve center of Shia religious education. His close ties with Tehran were further consolidated in 2020, when his son Rida married Zainab Soleimani, daughter of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force who was killed in a US attack.
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