Report: Two Suspects in Hariri Assassination in Iran, Others Were 'Killed'
Two suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri are in Iran while the rest “have been killed,” the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.
"Western intelligence agencies believe that the two prime suspects in Hariri's assassination are in Iran,” Der Spiegel said.
The same source added that other suspects could have been victims of “preventative liquidation.”
Der Spiegel explained that Iran's President Hassan Rouhani might know the whereabouts of the two wanted men that are allegedly hiding in the country, but it doubted that he will cooperate, despite the newly found openness to the West and his predilection for reform.
“He will not want to do anything to endanger Teheran’s special relations with Hizbullah and Syrian President Bashar Assad,” it said.
The German magazine also perceived that the international tribunal probing Hariri's assassination and trying the suspects might “cause further unrest in Lebanon.”
Four suspects from Hizbullah will go on trial in absentia on Thursday, charged with the February 14, 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others in downtown Beirut.
The four suspects have been charged with nine counts, ranging from conspiracy to commit a terrorist act to homicide and attempted homicide.
A fifth suspect, Hassan Habib Merhi, 48, was indicted last year and his case may yet be joined to the current trial.
Hizbullah has denied responsibility for the attack, and its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has dismissed the tribunal as a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy, vowing that none of the suspects will be arrested.
He has vowed never to cooperate with the tribunal, saying that the suspects, who remain at large, will never be found.
over 11 years
He will return.
Alona is keeping him busy.
over 11 years
That's good to know. I thought maybe he was kidnapped by the Iranian secret police, because he "stole" someone else's name, according to the_bore, which of course is a crime worthy of capital punishment.
over 11 years
Jajaja I don't even read his trash comments, u give him 2 much credit.
over 11 years
I don't give him any credit, he's a douchebag.
It was said with sarcasm, as the_bore doesn't understand the difference between "stealing" someone's name, compared to "ridiculing" someone's name.
over 11 years
Then we r on the same frequency and in total symbiosis about this specimen.
d:
over 11 years
They should go to Iran and get them ...
over 11 years
No need... Just the fact that justice is on it way is alreaddy good....
over 11 years
Jajaja so true . cynicly true!
over 11 years
defo, bashar eliminated inconvenient witnesses...
over 11 years
to be fair mughnieh was not found, maybe a finger or a toe. hope you are burning in hell, imad.
over 11 years
This is getting confusing. N I don't get how this trial is suppose to stop car bombs? I think by now we all know ha was involved, I just wonder if our 'leaders' are planning a way out of this mess...
over 11 years
Strange that this has come out a couple of days after the Iranian foreign minister has left Lebanon. Just saying...
over 11 years
The stupid is strong with you sagh... First, I am neither M14 nor a Saudi... I do not really care about them... Second, you cannot face the simple truth... The truth is that Hizballah is a terrorist islamic 7th century group and that they are as bad as Al Qaeda terrorists... In fact Al Qaeda terrorists learned all their terror tactics from Hizballah... Third, there is no doubt that Hizballah is a total creation of the Islamic terrorist regime in Iran and it is 100% under the command and control of some 7th century evil terrorists living in Tehran and Qom... Fourth, there is no doubt that Iran is the biggest terrorist state on the face of the planet...
over 11 years
"anonymetexasusa 3 hours ago 37
Terrorist
If you believe Hezbollah supporters here - there is nothing Iranian scientist can't do. So hooking up dead people in the after-life with internet access - heck with free WiFi is a piece of cake. LOOOOLLL."
Let us not forget that the fairy tales of one thousands on nights, including bedtimes stories like the flying carpet, were originally written by a Persian... The Persians have a great tendency for extreme delusions and living in dreams... I laugh very hard when they make all these stupid claims about scientific breakthrough and military inventions...
over 11 years
Reminds me of SANA report about Ghazi Kanaan's "two bullets in the head suicide".
Hezbollah and Bashar have eliminated all links to them. No loose ends !
mnjg..... my new favorite commenter on Naharnet, after the disappearance of RFT.