TEHRAN (Tasnim) � Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Saturday paid tribute to Mustafa Badreddine, senior Hezbollah commander who was martyred in Damascus on Thursday.





Leading a political and security delegation, Amir Abdollahian arrived in the Lebanese capital on Friday night to offer the Islamic Republic�s condolences to members of Badreddine�s family on his martyrdom.

On Saturday, the Iranian diplomat paid homage to the commander at his tomb in Southern Beirut.

Mustafa Badreddine was martyred in a massive explosion near Damascus International Airport on Thursday, in an attack Hezbollah later said had been carried out by �Takfiri groups�.

He was the commander of Hezbollah�s military arm, its chief of intelligence, and adviser to the movement�s Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah.

Badreddine was also the cousin and brother-in-law of the top Hezbollah commander, Imad Mughniyeh, who was likewise assassinated by the Israeli regime in Damascus in 2008.

By Tasnim News Agency