Iranian defense chief threatens Israel
Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has issued a threatening
message to Israel, ISNA news agency reported.
"Iran reserves a right for retaliation over the assasination of
IRGC General Hassan Shateri," Vahidi said.
Iranian officials said Shateri was shot and killed while traveling
from Damascus to Beirut. A spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards
blamed the attack on "mercenaries and supporters" of Israel.
Syrian rebel groups offered varying accounts of his death.
The Free Syrian Army said he died in an Israeli air strike last
month on a Syrian military center near Damascus, while other rebels
said he was killed earlier this week near the Lebanese border.
Iranian officials and semi-official media outlets said Shateri was
in charge of reconstruction projects in southern Lebanon.
"This terror act shows Israeli regime's desperation," Vahidi noted.
"The Zionist regime is on the road of collapse, and Iran reserves
the right to respond to such actions."
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