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An statement affiliated pinch nan Supreme Leader of nan Islamic Republic of Iran revealed that Iranian General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was reportedly killed by an Israeli airstrike connected April 1, played a cardinal domiciled successful nan wide execution of 1,200 people, including complete 30 Americans, connected October 7.
The U.S.-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) located the shocking admittance and translated it into English. Iran’s Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces published connected April 3 a announcement of mourning and nickname for nan precocious Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, Zahedi.
Zahedi was nan IRGC’s commandant of its elite Quds Force successful Syria and Lebanon and was killed on pinch six different men successful Iran’s negotiated compound successful Damascus.
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Iranian Revolutionary Guards commandant Mohammad Reza Zahedi was reportedly killed successful an Israeli airstrike successful Damascus, Syria. (Fars Media Corporation)
"The strategical domiciled of nan martyr Zahedi successful consolidating and strengthening nan guidance front, and successful nan readying and execution of Al-Aqsa Flood, are portion of nan awesome pridefulness that will toggle shape nan quiet efforts of this awesome commandant into nan eternal history of nan struggle against nan business by nan Zionist regime," declared nan Iranian Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces, according to nan MEMRI translation.
The Al-Aqsa-Flood is nan Hamas sanction for nan October 7 penetration that resulted successful wide rapes, deaths, and hostage-taking. There are presently complete 100 hostages held by Hamas successful nan Gaza Strip.
When asked astir the MEMRI study and Zahedi's role successful nan October 7 massacre, a U.S. State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital that "IRGC Qods Force Brigadier General Mohamed Reza Zahedi was a important leader of Iran’s effort, straight and done proxies, to frighten Israel. While we are incapable to remark connected nan precise domiciled he has played successful nan October 7 attack, location is nary mobility that nan IRGC Qods Force and group for illustration Zahedi person agelong been progressive successful supporting threats to Israel and to U.S. interests, including nan arming and backing of violent groups and militant proxies and partners that frighten Israel’s information and stableness crossed nan Middle East."
A spokesperson for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Fox News Digital that nan "IRGC is nan largest state-funded panic organization. It’s nan main instrumentality of nan panic authorities successful Iran to export its argumentation successful nan ME and astir nan world. Israel calls connected nan world organization to designate nan IRGC arsenic a panic organization."
The State Department echoed nan views of Israel. According to nan spokesperson, "The IRGC is perfectly a violent organization. That’s why we designated nan IRGC and why we person encouraged different countries to return a akin step. The lawsuit is stronger coming than it has ever been. Our views related to nan IRGC are clear successful nan galore actions we person undertaken to punishment them and their members, including since October 7. We proceed to activity pinch friends to place sanctionable activities undertaken by Iranian authorities entities, including nan IRGC."
This image made from undated bodycam video footage taken by a downed Hamas violent and released by Israel Defense Forces shows a Hamas violent stepping astir a residential vicinity astatine an undisclosed location successful confederate Israel. Israel's subject brought together a group of overseas correspondents connected Monday, Octoner 16, 2023, to surface a 40-minute reel of gruesome footage compiled from Hamas onslaught connected October 7. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)
The Trump management designated nan IRGC successful 2019 a overseas violent organization. Major world powers specified arsenic France, Britain, Germany and Canada person resisted calls complete nan years to punishment nan IRGC.
According to MEMRI’s study of nan disclosure of Zahedi’s engagement successful nan October 7 atrocities, nan investigation institute said, "This is fundamentally an charismatic admittance by a elder Iranian authorities fig that Iran did so person a manus successful nan readying and execution of nan October 7 attack."
The U.S. and Israel are connected precocious alert arsenic Tehran accrued its saber-rattling astir launching subject strikes against Israel.
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An Israeli worker patrols adjacent Kibbutz Beeri successful confederate Israel connected October 12, 2023, adjacent to nan spot wherever 270 revellers were killed by terrorists during nan Supernova euphony show connected October 7. Thousands of people, some Israeli and Palestinians, person died since October 7, 2023, aft Palestinian Hamas terrorists entered Israel successful a astonishment onslaught starring Israel to state warfare connected Hamas successful nan Gaza Strip enclave nan pursuing day. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
MEMRI added that nan Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces announcement contradicts Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's charismatic denial, connected October 10, 2023, that Iran had played immoderate domiciled successful nan October 7 violent attack.
The MEMRI study appeared days earlier a London Times article connected Thursday that said Israel has obtained letters showing Iran’s financial support to its proxy, Hamas. "The Times has been shown letters to Yahya Sinwar, nan caput of Hamas in Gaza, revealing what Israel’s subject judge is grounds of a bid of payments from Iran," wrote nan paper.
The money outlined successful nan letters from 2020 and 2021 shows that Iran funneled $222 cardinal to Hamas.
Israeli service conflict tanks move successful an area on nan separator pinch nan Gaza Strip and confederate Israel connected April 2, 2024, amid nan ongoing conflict successful nan Palestinian territory betwixt Israel and nan militant group Hamas. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)
The announcement mourning Zahedi’s decease warned astir a pending onslaught against Israel arsenic nan Middle East is connected nan brink of a imaginable wide-ranging unfastened war.
"The lethal blows struck during those days against nan occupiers of Jerusalem [i.e. Israel] person led nan leaders of [that] authorities to nan brink of helplessness and despair. The cowardly onslaught connected nan Iranian consulate successful Damascus is clear impervious of [the truth] of this assertion," nan charismatic Iranian announcement noted astir Zahedi.
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Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks astatine nan coffins of members of nan Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed successful nan Israeli airstrike connected nan Iranian embassy analyzable successful nan Syrian superior Damascus, during a ceremonial ceremony successful Tehran, Iran April 4, 2024. (Office of nan Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)
The Zahedi announcement continued, "The supporters [of nan authorities in] Tel Aviv must cognize that Iran's harsh and unfortunate consequence to this bloody crime is connected its way, and it will perfectly person a divine effect connected nan early equations successful nan region."
Iran’s staged antisemitic demonstrations called the Qods Day crossed its state past week calling for nan seizure of Jerusalem and nan elimination of Israel. Qods is nan Arabic word for Jerusalem.
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The announcement for Zahedi noted, "Again, we nonstop blessings to and salute nan souls of nan 7 martyrs [who died] connected nan measurement to Jerusalem, and induce nan zealous men of Tehran to participate successful nan Qods Day march and to make a glorious showing astatine nan ceremonial of these proud fighters."
The U.S. State Department, nether some Republican and Democrat administrations, has classified Iran’s authorities arsenic nan world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism. Numerous Fox News Digital property queries to Iran’s Foreign Ministry and its UN Mission were not answered.
