Terror organization: Hezbollah

Status: Member of the Shura council, head of parliamentary council;

Role: One of the founders of the organization. Was elected to the parliament for several terms;

Location: Lebanon;

Born: 28 August 1955;

Gender: Male;

National ID No.: 307321 (Lebanon);

Address: Beirut, Lebanon;

Known also as: Mohammad Ra’d; Mohammed Raad; Muhammad Ra’ad; Muhammad Ra’d; Mohamad Raed; Mohamed Raed; Shiek Mohammad Raad;

Activities:

Ra’d was elected to Hizballah’s Shura Council in 2009 and is part of Hizballah Secretary General Nasrallah’s inner circle.

Ra’d also is the head of Hizballah’s Parliamentary Council, which consists of Hizballah Members of Parliament, and oversees how the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc operates.

Additionally, this council ensures that parliamentary representatives, such as Ra’d and Sherri, carry out Shura Council decisions and policies, and conform to the party’s agenda.

Ra’d also has ties to Hizballah associates and financiers. In 2017, Ra’d met with Hizballah businessmen Adham Tabaja and Husayn Ali Fa’ur to ensure Hizballah’s funding mechanisms would remain open despite sanctions.

Additionally, Ra’d and Wafiq Safa maintained a list of a hundred Hizballah members who were to acquire foreign citizenship.

With these passports, these individuals would be sent by Hizballah on long-term missions to Arab and Western countries.