Jerusalem, March 10: Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says Israel has gained maximum benefit from the disappearance of renowned Lebanese Shia leader Imam Moussa al-Sadr.
“Imam Moussa Sadr founded the Amal movement, a military power against Zionists. Therefore, the Zionists are his number one enemies who obtain the most benefit from his abduction since he had numerous strategies in mind to confront them,” Larijani said on Wednesday at a conference on the role of Imam Moussa Sadr in awakening the Islamic world.
He described Imam Moussa Sadr as an indefatigable and unique leader who revived Shia identity in Lebanon.
Larijani held the government of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi accountable over the disappearance of Imam Moussa Sadr and lashed out at Gaddafi’s government for refusing to provide a clear explanation over the issue.
“There is clear evidence that Imam Moussa Sadr was kidnapped inside Libya but Gaddafi has refused to provide a clear explanation over the issue and so has the Libyan government …”
He also criticized the international community for not showing interest in pursuing the fate of the abducted cleric.
Imam Moussa al-Sadr, the founder of Lebanon’s Amal movement, was kidnapped during an official visit to Tripoli to meet with officials from the government of Gaddafi in August 1978.
He is believed to have been abducted on the orders of Gaddafi.
In 2008, the government in Beirut issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi over al-Sadr’s disappearance.
Libya has previously denied any involvement in the case and thereby ignored calls for more information about al-Sadr’s suspicious disappearance.
——–Agencies