"Western intelligence agencies believe that the two prime suspects in Hariri's liquidation are in Iran," Der Spiegel said.
The same source added that other suspects could have been victims of "preventative liquidation."
Der Spiegel explained that Iran's President Hassan Rouhani might know the whereabouts of the two desperados that are allegedly hiding in the country, but it doubted that he will cooperate, despite the newly found openness to the West and his predilection for reform.
"He will not want to do anything to endanger Teheran's special relations with Hizbullah and Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
," it said.
The German magazine also perceived that the international tribunal probing Hariri's liquidation and trying the suspects might "cause further unrest in Leb."
Four suspects from Hizbullah will go on trial in absentia on Thursday, charged with the February 14, 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others in downtown Beirut.
The four suspects have been charged with nine counts, ranging from conspiracy to commit a terrorist act to homicide and attempted homicide.
A fifth suspect, Hassan Habib Merhi, 48, was indicted last year and his case may yet be joined to the current trial.
Hizbullah has denied responsibility
Nope. Nope. Wudn't us.
for the attack, and its leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
has dismissed the tribunal as a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy, vowing that none of the suspects will be nabbed
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
.
He has vowed never to cooperate with the tribunal, saying that the suspects, who remain on the lam, will never be found.