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His brother, Abdallah Safieddine, is Hezbollah's representative to Iran<ref name="ili"/> and according to the conclusions of [[Project Cassandra]], oversees trafficking networks of weapons, cash, commercial products and [[Drug economy in Lebanon|narcotics]], as well as [[money laundering]] and the procurement of parts and technology for Iran's clandestine [[Nuclear program of Iran|nuclear]] and ballistic missile programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook |url=https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/ |access-date=30 September 2024 |website=POLITICO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abdallah Safi-Al-Din |url=https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/abdallah-safi-al-din |access-date=30 September 2024 |website=Counter Extremism Project |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2024 |title=Treasury Targets Key Hizballah Financing Network and Iranian Conduit |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0388 |access-date=30 September 2024 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}</ref>
Safieddine studied theology in [[Najaf]], Iraq, and in [[Qum]], Iran, together with Nasrallah,<ref name=wmer5dec/> until he was recalled to Lebanon by Hassan Nasrallah in 1994,<ref>{{cite news|author=David A. Daoud |date=4 June 2017|title=State Department Blacklists Hashem Saffiedine|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/06/state-department-blacklists-hashem-saffiedine.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606160003/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/06/state-department-blacklists-hashem-saffiedine.php|archive-date=6 June 2017|publisher=Foundation for Defense of Democracies}}</ref><ref name="LWJ"/> and had been groomed by Nasrallah as a successor ever since.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Stephanie Rady|title=Who is Hashem Safieddine, potential new leader of Hezbollah? |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/who-is-hashem-safieddine-potential-new-leader-of-hezbollah/3344699 |access-date=29 September 2024 |publisher=[[Anadolu Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{
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