Lebanon's Hezbollah movement has announced that Naim Qasim has been elected secretary general to replace its former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by Israel. He leads the movement from Tehran, the capital of Iran.

The Hezbollah movement in Lebanon has rejected the appointment of the chairman of the executive council of the movement, Hashim Safiyeddin, to the post of secretary general after the death of Hassan Nasrallah. Harakat urged not to believe such reports until the official announcement of the Hezbollah leadership.