Hezbollah commander Ali Mohammed Younis was assassinated by unknown individuals in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Iranian media.
Younis was "responsible for pursuing spies and collaborators," according to unofficial statements, the Iranian Fars news agency reported.
The Fars report included an image of a body lying next to an open vehicle.
According to the Lebanese MTV news,
Hezbollah sources stated that Younis was found stabbed to death in his vehicle. Sputnik news added that he was found south of Nabatiyeh.
Video of a minaret announcing Younis's death in southern Lebanon was shared by the Iranian Tasnim news agency on their Twitter account.
According to Sputnik, Younis was a "close associate" of former IGRC Quds Force commander Qasem
Soleimani.