‘UN tribunal to link Iran’s Khamenei to Hariri murder’
According to separate reports, Iranian supreme leader gave order to kill former Lebanese PM; indictment due to be submitted any time.
A UN tribunal investigating the assassination of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is expected to accuse Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei of giving the order to murder Hariri, according to a Saturday report by news website Newsmax.
The report suggested that the investigative body will lay out evidence showing that the murder was committed by Iran’s Quds force and their allies, Hizbullah in Lebanon.
The order to murder Hariri was transmitted to Hizbullah’s military leader, Imad Mughniyeh, by Quds force chief Qassem Suleymani, sources told Newsmax.
According to the report, Mughniyeh put together the hit team that carried out the attack, with the help of his brother-in-law.
“The Iranians considered Hariri to be an agent of Saudi Arabia, and felt that killing him would pave the way for a Hizbullah takeover of Lebanon,” the sources told Newsmax.
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