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number of high-ranking Iranian military commanders are confirmed to have been martyred in a terrorist attack by the US and the Zionist regime in Tehran on Saturday morning, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
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ccording to a statement, Chief of Staff of the Iranian
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rmed Forces Major General
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bdolrahim Mousavi, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRCG) Major General Mohammad Pakpour, Secretary of Iran’s Defense Council
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li Shamkhani, and Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General
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ziz Nasirzadeh were among the figures martyred in the US and Israeli attack on a meeting of the Defense Council on Saturday morning, according to Tasnim.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed
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li Khamenei was also martyred in the Saturday attack by criminal US-Israeli forces.
Imam Khamenei led Iran and the Muslim Ummah for 37 years since the demise of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini in 1989.
Iran’s Cabinet of Ministers has declared 40 days of national mourning following the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
The Iranian
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rmed Forces have responded to the US-Israeli aggression by launching massive missile and drone strikes on Israeli-occupied territories and US bases in the region.
Source:
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l-Manar English Website
