Imam Musa al-Sadr is still alive and Tehran is determined to pursue the fate of the Iran-born Lebanese Shiite cleric and leader, who is believed to be in the prisons of the former Libyan dictator, Muammar al-Qaddafi, a senior Iranian lawmaker stressed.
"Based on reliable news and information, Imam Musa Sadr is alive," Rapporteur of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazzem Jalali told FNA on Sunday.
Jalali cautioned that Libyan officials are responsible for the protection of the Lebanese cleric's life.
Earlier, the Iranian parliament had also said that it planned to dispatch a team to Libya to probe into the fate of Sadr.
Al-Sadr an Iranian-born Lebanese philosopher spent many years of his life in Lebanon as a religious and political leader, before he went missing during a trip to Libya at the invitation of Muammar al-Qaddafi.
In August 1978, al-Sadr departed for Libya with two companions to meet officials of al-Qaddafi's government. They were never heard from again, and many believe they met with foul play at the hands of Qaddafi.
Former Libyan regime consistently denied responsibility, claiming that al-Sadr and his companions left Libya for Italy in 1978. However, others claim that al-Sadr is still alive and is being held in a secret jail in Libya.
Rome has persistently said that Sadr never arrived in Italy on the alleged flight.
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