Iraqi Shiite leader Hakim dies in Iran
Published: 26/08/2009 05:00
| Iraqi powerful Shiite leader and head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) Abdul Aziz Hakim died of cancer Wednesday in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Quoting an SIIC official, IRNA said that Hakim’s body will be transferred to Iraq and will be buried in Najaf after the official funerals in both Baghdad and Najaf next week. Seyyed Mohsen Hakim, the political advisor to Abdul Aziz Hakim told local Fars news agency on Wednesday that he died at 14:35 local time. Hakim, 59, was diagnosed with lung cancer in May 2007 after medical tests in the United States, but he preferred to receive treatment in Iran. He made several trips to Iran for chemotherapy before being hospitalized. As a prominent Shiite theologian and politician, he headed SIIC, the largest political party in the Iraqi parliament. After the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, Hakim became a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council and served as its rotating presidency in December 2003. In August 2003, he replaced his brother Mohammed Baqir al-Hakimas the leader of the SIIC Shiite party, then named the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. VietNamNet/Xinhuanet
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