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HEZBOLLAH LEADERSHIP

Hashem Safieddine: Hassan Nasrallah’s designated but undeclared successor?

The chairman of Hezbollah’s executive council, a potential successor to the party’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is said to be very close to Tehran.  

Hashem Safieddine: Hassan Nasrallah’s designated but undeclared successor?

Hashem Safieddine in Khiam, South Lebanon, in August 2017, during the 11th commemoration of the 2006 war with Israel. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

Who will (one day) succeed Hassan Nasrallah? While rumors about the deteriorating health of Hezbollah’s leader have been making the rounds in the Middle East in recent days, it is difficult to fathom what the Iran-backed party would look like...
Who will (one day) succeed Hassan Nasrallah? While rumors about the deteriorating health of Hezbollah’s leader have been making the rounds in the Middle East in recent days, it is difficult to fathom what the Iran-backed party would look like...