Iran holds funerals for Guards killed in alleged Israeli strike
The Hindu
Mourners gather in Tehran for the funerals of Revolutionary Guards killed in an alleged Israeli strike in Syria.
Hundreds of mourners gathered on January 22 in Tehran for the funerals of Revolutionary Guards killed in Syria, in what Iran called an Israeli strike.
It was the latest incident adding to regional tensions and fears of wider conflagration during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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.
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Mourners carried aloft coffins bearing some of the victims, draped in colours 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.
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