Anis al-Naqqash

Anis al-Naqqash (Arabic: أنيس النقاش‎; born in 1951),[1] also known as Naccache, is a political activist based in Lebanon. He is also known for being a Lebanese guerrilla fighter.

Anis al-Naqqash
أنيس النقاش
Born1951 (age 69–70)
Beirut, Lebanon

Biography

al-Naqqash is a Sunni convert to Shia Islam who had pledged allegiance to Ruhollah Khomeini following the success of the Iranian Revolution.

In 1975, he was part of a six-person team led by Venezuelan guerrilla fighter Carlos the Jackal, which perpetrated the OPEC siege in Vienna, Austria.

In 1980, Anis al-Naqqash was accused for being involved in a failed assassination attempt on the last Prime Minister of Iran under Pahlavi monarchy, Shapour Bakhtiar, in a court in Paris and was sentenced to life in prison. The assassination attempt resulted in death of a police officer and a civilian.[2] al-Naqqash was freed on 27 July 1990, together with four accomplices, after being pardoned by President François Mitterrand.

References
  1. "أنيس النقاش". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. انیس نقاش: از تهران گفتند که بختیار باید هرچه زودتر کشته شود, BBC Persian
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