11 Facts About Mohammad Yazbek

Mohammad Yazbek is one of the Hezbollah founders and the head of the Sharia or religious council of the organization.

Mohammad Yazbek studied theology in Najaf, Iraq, as a pupil of Mohammad Baqr Al Sadr.

Mohammad Yazbek actively contributed to the establishment of khawzas, Shiite religious institutions, in Lebanon.

Mohammad Yazbek was a member of Amal movement before his involvement in the foundation of Hezbollah.

Mohammad Yazbek supported the revolt of Tufayli in 1987 against the power inequality in Hezbollah in favor of those, who hail from southern Lebanon.

Mohammad Yazbek is the representative of supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, in the Bekaa valley.

Mohammad Yazbek is responsible for distributing the financial grants allocated by Khamenei's office to Hezbollah.

In 2009, Mohammad Yazbek was again elected to the shura council.

Mohammad Yazbek praised the bombing of the barracks of the marine peacekeepers in Beirut on 23 October 1983 which killed 241 US military members reporting that it shook America's throne and France's might.

On 9 December 2005, Mohammad Yazbek escaped an assassination attempt unhurt in Baalbek.

In May 2017, Mohammad Yazbek was subject to the sanctions imposed by the US and some of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in addition to other nine senior Hezbollah figures.