Ayatollah Khamenei names Hezbollah leader as Lebanon representative
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei named Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem as his “representative” in Lebanon.
“The leader of the revolution in a decree introduced Sheikh Naim Qassem, secretary general of Hezbollah, as his representative in Lebanon,” Tasnim news agency reported.
Tasnim carried a copy of the official decree which said Sheikh Naim Qassem will represent Khamenei in handling financial matters, receiving and distributing religious funds and managing religious affairs.
Previously, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah – who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on southern Beirut in September 27 last year – had been vested with the designation.
On October 29, Hezbollah’s Shura Council, the group’s central decision-making body, elected Sheikh Qassem as the new chief of the Lebanese resistance movement.