On Friday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli bomb attack in Lebanon. The decision on who will be his successor will be made by the Shura Council, the highest body of the organization. Hashem Safieddine is considered the “most likely candidate”.
He is Nasrallah’s cousin and looks remarkably similar to him. He also wears a long gray beard, glasses and the black turban of the Sayyed, who see themselves as direct descendants of the Prophet Muhammad. Safieddine is probably in his late fifties or early sixties, just a little younger than his maternal cousin.
He has close religious and family ties to Iran, the patron of the Shia Muslim terrorist organization. Safieddine studied Islam. He has been wanted as a terrorist by the US and Saudi Arabian governments since 2017.
“Religious Personality”
“There have been rumors for years that Safieddine is the most likely candidate to succeed Nasrallah,” said Amal Saad, a Hezbollah expert at Cardiff University, UK. “The next leader must be a member of the Shura Council, which consists of a handful of members, and he must be a religious figure.”
Unlike Nasrallah, who has hardly appeared in public since 2006, Safieddine is the face of the party at many political and religious events. Until the election to the Shura Council, Hezbollah’s deputy head, Naim Kassim, will take charge (see video above).
“When in our resistance one commander becomes a martyr, another takes up the flag with strength and determination,” Safieddine himself said in a speech in July.
Source: Krone
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