Pezeshkian offers congratulations to Naim Qassem

President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has offered congratulations on the election of Sheikh Naim Qassem as Secretary-General of Hezbollah.

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EghtesadOnline: In a message on Tuesday, Pezeshkian offered congratulations to Naim Qassem, the Lebanese Mujahedeen and the people and government of Lebanon. He also remembered the memory of Hassan Nasrallah, the former secretary general of Hezbollah.

On Tuesday, Hezbollah's Shura Council, the group's central decision-making body, appointed Sheikh Qassem as the group’s secretary-general.

The 60-year-old cleric is a veteran figure in Hezbollah, having served as deputy secretary general of the Lebanese resistance group since 1991.

He was appointed deputy secretary general under Hezbollah’s late secretary general, Abbas al-Musawi, who was killed by an Israeli helicopter attack in 1992, and remained in the role when Nasrallah became leader.

Sheikh Qassem has long been one of the leading spokesmen for Hezbollah, conducting many interviews with foreign media. / Mehr