Thousands join funeral for Iranian general killed in Damascus strike
Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was killed in a rocket attack in Damascus, was buried on Saturday in his birthplace of Isfahan in central Iran. According to the ISNA news agency, thousands of people attended the state-organized funeral of the high-ranking officer in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The 63-year-old Zahedi, his deputy and five other IRGC officers were killed in an airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday. Shortly afterwards, Iran's supreme leader blamed arch-enemy Israel for the attack and threatened r......
Apr 06, 2024