Two suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri are in Iran while the rest may have been victim of “liquidation,” the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.
“Western intelligence agencies believe that the two prime suspects in Hariri’s assassination are in Iran,” Der Spiegel reported.
Also the report citing the source added that other suspects may have been victims of “preventative liquidation.”
Der Spiegel added that Hassan Rohani, the president of the Iranian regime might know the whereabouts of the two wanted men, but it doubted that he will cooperate.
Four suspects from Hizbullah group will go on trial in absentia on Thursday, charged with the February 14, 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others in downtown Beirut.
