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Hussein Shaweesh provided financial assistance in Syria on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps;
Shaweesh owns an import and export company that serves as an exclusive agent for Iranian goods entering Syria, the group said, adding that Iran was backing his candidacy for the parliament in the upcoming elections;
Shaweesh is the brother-in-law of Syria’ ambassador to Iran Adnan Mahmud and Mohammad Sleiman, a top aide of President Bashar al-Assad who was assassinated in 2008;
In 2013 Shaweesh’s sister “established a charity named Truthful Promise, inspired by a famous phrase coined by Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.”;
Country:
Syria
Reason for the color:
» Middleman for Iran distributing aid in Eastern Syria;