In 1997, the Department of State designated Hezbollah as a foreign terrorist organization, pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and it remains so designated today.
Mohammad Reza Zahedi was the only non-Lebanese member of Hezbollah’s council
According to the AFP report, citing a source close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the senior commander of the Quds Force, who was killed in airstrikes in Damascus on Monday, was a member of Hezbollah’s council, the decision-making body of this movement.
According to this source, Zahedi was the only non-Lebanese member of the eight-member council of Hezbollah in Lebanon. This council is equivalent to the political office of this movement under the leadership of Hassan Nasrallah.
Nasrallah had previously said about Zahedi: “He lived with us for years away from the spotlight and did important services for the resistance of Lebanon and the entire region.”
