Terror organization: Hezbollah;

Status: In one hat, Head of unit 4400 – the unit’s mission is to transfer weapons and technologies from Iran to Lebanon via Syria. Work close with the parallel unit 190 of the Iranian regime. On the other hat, financial facilitator;

Role: High rank in the terror organization, key figure, connected also to the top of Assad regime and the Iranian regime. Involves in patrol deals in Syria, weapon, and drug smuggling. Was very close to Qassem Soleimani;

Location: Lebanon, Syria, Iran;

Born: 12 February 1967;

Place of Birth: Dayr Qanun Al-Nahr, Lebanon;

Gender: Male;

Address: Syria;

Known also as: Mohammed Jaafar Kassir; Muhammad Jafar Qasir; Eynaki; Fadi; Hossein Gholi; Majid; Shaykh Salah; Muhammad Jafer Qasir; Mohammad Qasir; Muhammad Jafar Qasir; Sheikh Salah;

Activities:

Qasir was designated for acting on behalf of Hizballah. He acted as a critical conduit for financial disbursements from the Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to Hizballah.

Both IRGC-QF and its parent organization IRGC, are designated.

Qasir has acted as a financial conduit for the IRGC-QF as he and other Hezbollah officials have overseen various companies complicit in the selling of crude oil, condensate, and gas oil to evade U.S. sanctions placed on the IRGC-QF.

Qasir is allegedly a critical link between Hezbollah and Iran as he developed the financial and logistical pipelines for weapons transportation between the IRGC-QF and Hezbollah.

Qasir was a confidante of former IRGC-QF commander Qasem Soleimani and he also maintains close ties to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.*

Qasir also reportedly directs Hezbollah Unit 108—the unit that assists in the transfer of weapons, technology, and other support from Syria to Lebanon.

Additionally, Qasir works closely with officers from the Quds Force’s Unit 190—which reportedly specializes in smuggling weapons to Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Gaza.*

On April 17, 2018, Qasir and a Syrian associate received over $63 million to benefit Hezbollah, a figure which he confirmed in a letter to a senior official at the Central Bank of Iran.

Given his role in financing Hezbollah’s activities, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Qasir as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist on May 15, 2018.

On February 25, 2019, Qasir accompanied former IRGC-QF commander Qasem Soleimani as a notetaker for meetings between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

On October 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program offered a reward of up to $10 million for information on Qasir.