Iran Cleric Who Founded Hezbollah Dies Of COVID-19
Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, who survived a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died at the age of 74./ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran’s ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died Monday of the coronavirus. He was 74./ A close ally of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohtashamipour in the 1970s formed alliances with Muslim militant groups across ...
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