An affiliate of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran said Iranian General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike on April 1, was killed in a mass attack of 1,200 people, including more than 30 Americans. It was revealed that he played an important role in the massacre. October 7th.
The US-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Shocking confession translated into English. On April 3, the United Council of the Islamic Revolutionary Forces of Iran announced a notice of commemoration and mourning for the late Commander Zahedi of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
Zahedi, commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, was killed along with six others inside Iran’s diplomatic compound in Damascus.
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Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi has reportedly been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria. (Firth Media Co., Ltd.)
“The strategic role of Martyr Zahedi in strengthening and consolidating the resistance front and planning and executing the Al-Aqsa flood is part of the great pride that turns the silent efforts of this great commander into eternal history.” “We will wage a struggle against the occupation by the Zionist regime,” declared the United Council of the Islamic Revolutionary Armed Forces of Iran, as translated by MEMRI.
“Al-Aqsa Flood” is the name of the October 7 Hamas invasion that resulted in mass rapes, deaths, and hostages. More than 100 people are currently being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
When asked about the MEMRI report and Mr. Zahedi’s role in the October 7 massacre, a US State Department spokesperson told FOX News Digital, “Brigadier General Mohamed Reza Zahedi of the IRGC Quds Force personally and by proxy “He was a key leader in Iran’s efforts to blackmail Israel.” Although he cannot comment on the exact role he played in the October 7 attack, the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force and people like Mr. Zahedi have long been involved in supporting threats to Israeli and U.S. interests, including weapons. There’s no question about that. It funds proxies and partners of terrorist groups and extremists that threaten Israel’s security and stability across the Middle East. ”
A spokesperson for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Fox News Digital: “The Revolutionary Guards are the largest state-funded terrorist organization. They are the main means by which Iran’s terrorist regime exports its policies to countries in the Middle East and around the world. Yes, Israel is calling: The international community calls for the Revolutionary Guards to be designated as a terrorist organization. ”
The State Department also agreed with Israel’s view. The spokesperson said: “The Revolutionary Guards are absolutely a terrorist organization. That is why we have designated them and why we have encouraged other countries to do the same. This case is stronger today than ever before. “Our view on the Revolutionary Guards” From the numerous actions we have taken to sanction them and their members (including after October 7) it is obvious. We continue to work with our allies to identify sanctionable activities conducted by Iranian government entities, including the Revolutionary Guards. ”
This image, made from undated body camera video footage taken by a downed Hamas terrorist and released by the Israel Defense Forces, shows a Hamas terrorist roaming through a residential area at an undisclosed location in southern Israel. It is reflected. The Israeli military gathered a group of foreign correspondents on Monday, October 16, 2023, to screen a 40-minute reel of gruesome footage compiled from the October 7 Hamas attack. (Israel Defense Forces, via AP)
The Trump administration designated the Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization in 2019. Major world powers such as France, Britain, Germany and Canada have long resisted calls to impose sanctions on the Revolutionary Guards.
According to MEMRI’s analysis of revelations of Zahedi’s involvement in the October 7 atrocities, the institute said, “This essentially means that Iran was indeed involved in the planning and execution of the October 7 atrocities.” This is an official admission by a senior Iranian regime official that he had done so.” attack. ”
The United States and Israel are on high alert as the Iranian government increasingly threatens to launch a military attack on Israel.
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Israeli soldiers patrol near Kibbutz Beli in southern Israel on October 12, 2023. Close to where 270 revelers were killed by terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7th. Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have been killed since October 7th. , 2023, after Palestinian Hamas terrorists invaded Israel in a surprise attack, the next day Israel declared war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip enclave. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
MEMRI said the announcement by the United Council of the Islamic Revolutionary Army contradicts Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s official denial on October 10, 2023, that Iran played any role in the October 7 terrorist attacks. added.
The MEMRI report was released a few days before the accident. London Times article The newspaper announced Thursday that Israel had obtained a letter showing Iranian financial support for the Hamas proxy group. “The Times published a letter to Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, revealing what the Israeli military believes to be evidence of a series of payments from Iran,” the newspaper wrote.
Funds listed in the 2020 and 2021 letters show that Iran funneled $222 million to Hamas.
Israeli military tanks move along the border between the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on April 2, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas continues in the Palestinian territories. (Ronaldo Shemit/AFP via Getty Images)
The announcement mourning Zahedi’s death warned of an impending attack on Israel as the Middle East teeters on the brink of possible widespread war.
“At that time a fatal blow was struck against the occupiers of Jerusalem [i.e. Israel] has led leaders of [that] The government is on the brink of helplessness and despair. The dastardly attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus [the truth] Regarding this claim,” an official Iranian statement said, referring to Zahedi.
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei looks up at the coffin of a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus during a funeral in Tehran, Iran, on April 4, 2024. (Handout via Iran Supreme Leader’s Office/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Reuters)
The Zahedi notice continued, “Supporters [of the regime in] Tel Aviv must know that Iran’s harsh and unfortunate response to this bloody crime is coming and will undoubtedly have a divine impact on the future equations of the region. ”
Last week, Iran held Quds Day across the country, holding anti-Semitic demonstrations calling for the occupation of Jerusalem and the removal of Israel. Quds means Jerusalem in Arabic.
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“Once again we congratulate and pay our respects to the souls of the seven martyrs,” the statement to Zahedi said. [who died] On the way to Jerusalem, invite the zealots of Tehran to join the Quds Day procession and give a glorious performance at the funerals of proud warriors. ”
The US State Department under both Republican and Democratic administrations has designated the Iranian regime as the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism. Iran’s foreign ministry and mission to the United Nations did not respond to numerous reporters’ questions sent by Fox News Digital.
