--- id: e67e3c77-3fe7-4071-8ff3-683fa5646021 title: 'Mustafa Dirani: Lebanese Activist and Politician' abstract: Mustafa Dirani is a Lebanese activist and politician born in 1951, known for his involvement with the Amal Movement. The document outlines his political affiliations, including the March 8 Alliance and the Axis of Resistance, and details the movement's ideologies such as anti-Zionism and Arab nationalism. It also lists various conflicts and military activities associated with the Amal Movement, ranging from the Lebanese Civil War to recent regional conflicts. classification: primary: '32' secondary: - '327' - '323.4' - '956.7' udc_main_class: '3' tags: - Mustafa Dirani - Amal Movement - Lebanese politics - Arab nationalism - Anti-Zionism - Middle East conflict topics: - Political Science - Biography - Middle Eastern Politics author: '' created_at: '2026-06-01T00:21:39.512129' updated_at: '2026-06-01T02:12:57.006087' sources: - type: url uri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Dirani format: url_fetch udc_label: Political science version: '1' --- ## Card: Mustafa Dirani: Lebanese Activist and Politician Mustafa Dirani is a Lebanese activist and politician born in 1951, known for his involvement with the Amal Movement. The document outlines his political affiliations, including the March 8 Alliance and the Axis of Resistance, and details the movement's ideologies such as anti-Zionism and Arab nationalism. It also lists various conflicts and military activities associated with the Amal Movement, ranging from the Lebanese Civil War to recent regional conflicts. ## Classification Primary: 32 | Secondary: 327, 323.4, 956.7 | Tags: Mustafa Dirani, Amal Movement, Lebanese politics, Arab nationalism, Anti-Zionism, Middle East conflict | Topics: Political Science, Biography, Middle Eastern Politics ## Content Mustafa Dirani - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Biography 2 References 3 External links Toggle the table of contents Mustafa Dirani 4 languages العربية বাংলা עברית Русский Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lebanese activist (born 1951) Part of a series on the Amal Movement Ideology Anti-Zionism Arab nationalism Economic liberalism Lebanese nationalism Populism Secularism Political activities Development and Liberation bloc Front of Patriotic and National Parties March 8 Alliance Axis of Resistance Military activities Armed wings Lebanese Resistance Regiments 1975-1991 Al-Abbas Force 2006-present Wars and conflicts involving the Amal Movement Lebanese Civil War 6 February Intifada War of the Camps War of Brothers South Lebanon conflict (1985-2000) 2006 Lebanon War 2008 Lebanon conflict Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon Israel-Hezbollah conflict (2023-present) People Current Chairman Nabih Berri Founders Musa al-Sadr Hussein el-Husseini Politicians Abbas Mortada Abdelmajid Saleh Adnan Mansour Ali Ahmad Bazzi Ali Hassan Khalil Ali Al Shami Ali Khreis Anwar M. El-Khalil Ghazi Wazni Ghazi Zaiter Hani Kobeissy Inaya Ezzeddine Michel Moussa Yassine Jaber Youssef Khalil Former politicians Abdel Latif El Zein Ali Osseiran Ayoub Hmayed Grégoire Haddad Hussein al-Musawi Hussein el-Husseini Mohammad Yazbek Mostafa Chamran Muhammad Baydoun Musa al-Sadr Mustafa Dirani Naim Qassem Ragheb Harb v t e Mustafa Dirani ( Arabic : مصطفى الديراني ; born 1951) [ 1 ] is a former head of security in the Amal Movement in Lebanon . In 1987, he started reaching out to pro- Iran sources, and eventually established contact between them and the rest of the Amal leadership. He was eventually expelled from Amal and established his own organization, the "Believing Resistance". Captured by Israeli forces in 1994, Dirani was held until a 2004 prisoner swap. [ 2 ] Biography [ edit ] Dirani was taken from his home in Kasarnaba in the eastern Beqaa by Israeli airborne commandos on 27 May 1994. [ 3 ] He was held in administrative detention and was offered in exchange for Israeli servicemen held by Hezbollah . At the time, Israeli forces were in control of the southern-Lebanon security buffer, in order to prevent the region from being used as a launching ground by Hezbollah for attacks on Israel's Galilee region. Israel believed that Dirani had exclusive knowledge concerning the whereabouts of Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad , who was captured by Dirani's armed men in 1986, and has been unheard of since then. [ 4 ] During his interrogation by military officers, Dirani reportedly disclosed that Arad had been turned over first to a Hezbollah's unit and then to Iranian Revolutionary Guards , who were in Lebanon at the time aiding Hezbollah guerrillas. Neither Iran nor any guerrilla group has ever offered any useful information about Arad's fate. Allegedly, Dirani received $300,000 for transferring Ron Arad to the Iranians. Dirani alleges that he was sodomized and tortured by his Israeli captors. He testified in an Israeli court to this abuse. [ 5 ] The allegations were reported by the Associated Press , Al Jazeera , and The Jerusalem Post . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Initially, the International Red Cross was denied permission to see Dirani, but a court order forced Israeli prison authorities to comply with legal rules. [ 8 ] In 2015, it was reported that in a 4-3 decision, the Israeli supreme court ruled that Dirani could not continue with his lawsuit against the nation, after a lengthy court battle. [ 9 ] In January 2004, in a German-mediated prisoner swap, Dirani, along with 22 other Lebanese detainees, about 400 Palestinians , and 12 Israeli-Arab prisoners, was released in exchange for the bodies of three Israeli soldiers and abducted Israeli businessman Elchanan Tannenbaum . [ 10 ] References [ edit ] ^ "Liban: L'attente continue pour les familles de détenus et de disparus" (PDF) . Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme (in French). 2001. p. 8. ^ Lebanese guerrilla abducted by Israel , Tom Hundley, 22 May 1994, Chicago Tribune ^ Middle East International No 476, 27 May 1994, Publishers Lord Mayhew , Dennis Walters MP ; Editor Michael Adams ; Gerald Butt p.7 ^ "Israel to Release Lebanese Prisoners" . news.bbc.co.uk . 18 April 2000 . Retrieved 13 April 2021 . ^ "Hizballah Leader Says Israel Tortured Him" . ihrc.org.uk . 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 13 April 2021 . ^ "Militant Says He Was Abused by Israel" . phillyburbs.com . 3 March 2004. Archived from the original on 10 September 2006 . Retrieved 13 April 2021 . ^ "Facility 1391: Israel's Secret Prison" . theguardian.com . 14 November 2003 . Retrieved 13 April 2021 . ^ "Obeid, Dirani to be Allowed Red Cross Visits" . mia.org.il . 24 August 2001 . Retrieved 13 April 2021 . ^ Bob, Yonah Jeremy (15 January 2015). "Supreme Court: Lebanese terrorist can't sue Israel for interrogators' alleged rape, torture" . The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 11 March 2024 . ^ "Mid-East Prisoners Welcomed Home" . news.bbc.co.uk . 29 January 2004 . Retrieved 13 April 2021 . External links [ edit ] Mustafa Dirani v. Israel, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention , U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/2002/77/Add.1 at 8 (2000). 13 April 2000. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mustafa_Dirani&oldid=1355487950 " Categories : 1951 births Amal Movement politicians Living people Hezbollah–Israel conflict Lebanese torture victims Hidden categories: CS1 French-language sources (fr) Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from May 2026 Articles containing Arabic-language text This page was last edited on 22 May 2026, at 04:04  (UTC) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ; additional terms may apply. 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