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Iran: Tehran to name street after Mugniyeh
(AKI) - Tehran's City Council has voted unanimously for a proposal to dedicate a street in the Iranian capital to slain Lebanese militant Imad Mughniyeh. Imad Mughniyeh was the intelligence chief and commander of Hezbollah's secretive military wing, the Islamic Resistance. He was killed in a bombing in Syrian capital Damascus on 13 February 2008. Hezbollah and Syria have blamed Israel for assassinating him and Hezbollah has repeatedly vowed Imad Mughniyeh Street will replace 'Baharan Street' which means, spring. The naming of the street follows a stamp issued by Iran in March to commemorate Mughniyeh (photo), described as an 'ambassador of the culture of martyrdom' by former Iranian commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Rahim Safavi. Mughniyeh was considered the mastermind of several hijackings and other terrorist acts, including bombings against French and US military barracks, that resulted in the death of 58 French soldiers and 241 US Marines in 1983. He was on the FBI's top ten most wanted list with a five million dollar reward for his capture. He was wanted by Israel and the US due to his alleged role in the bombings of the Israeli embassy and the Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994, as well as a wave of abductions of westerners in Lebanon in the 1980s. Posted by: Fred 2008-10-10 |
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