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From the Liveblog of
Monday, January 22, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, January 22, 2024
Hundreds at funerals for Iran guards officers killed in alleged Israeli strike
Mourners carry the casket of Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) member, Hossein Mohammadi, killed in Damascus in a strike blamed on Israel on January 20, in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 22, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Hundreds of mourners gather in Tehran for the funerals of Revolutionary Guards killed in Syria, in what Iran called an Israeli strike.
The strike in Damascus on Saturday killed five members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the military force said. Iranian media later reported the victims included the group’s intelligence chief for Syria, and his deputy.
Mourners carried aloft coffins bearing some of the victims, draped in colors of the Iranian flag, before a stage bearing pictures of IRGC General Qassem Soleimani who was killed three years ago by the United States.
A funeral dirge sounded.
State media reported that funeral processions were planned for three of the five IRGC members killed.
