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Iran condemns killing of 2 officers in alleged Israel strike in Syria, vows revenge
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s foreign ministry strongly condemns the killing of two Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers in an alleged Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital.
The foreign ministry’s website quoted ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as saying revenge for the Monday strike will definitely be taken.
The Guard in a statement late Tuesday identifies the two dead men as colonels Ehsan Karbalaipour and Morteza Saeednejad. It says in the same statement that Israel would “pay for this crime.”
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