After the deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in a recent airstrike conducted by Israel, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced that the country would respond.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced on September 29 that his country will respond to the death of a deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a recent airstrike conducted by Israel in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
IRGC Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan was killed in an Israeli airstrike on September 27. The attack also killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, a development that has heightened tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.
In a statement on September 29 sent to IRGC commander Major General Hossein Salami, Foreign Minister Araqchi affirmed that he would not let the incident “go unanswered.”
According to Iran's state news agency, in a statement earlier in the day, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Tehran would support armed groups that continue to confront Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leaders.
Asked about Iran's reaction to Nasrallah's death, Iran's Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif also affirmed on September 29 that Tehran would react at the appropriate time to respond to Israel's actions.
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