Iran reiterates its pledge to punish Israel for an airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Syria earlier this week, at a funeral for seven officers killed in the attack.
State television shows demonstrators carrying pictures of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers killed and banners with slogans such as “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”
The dead included one of Iran’s top soldiers, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior IRGC commander, who was visiting the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday.
“No act of the enemy against the sacred Islamic republic will go unanswered,” Major General Hossein Salami, the IRGC commander-in-chief, tells the crowd gathered in Tehran. “Our brave men will punish the Zionist regime.”
The IRGC is a US-designated terror organization.
The funeral coincides with the annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day, during which Iran stages large state-sponsored pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel rallies nationwide.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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