Senior Iranian officials and
clerics today led mourners at a funeral for Brig. Gen. Hassah Shateri of IRGC’s
Quds Force. Gen. Shatari was reportedly killed during the Israeli attack on a
convoy in Syria neat the Lebanese border. The truck convoy was carrying
sophisticated Russian-made S-17 anti-aircraft missiles for delivery to the
Hezbollah in Lebanon.
At the funeral, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi condemned the killing as a “terrorist act.”
At the funeral, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi condemned the killing as a “terrorist act.”
Gen. Shateri was a military engineer during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq
and later worked in Afghanistan. Most recently he was reported to have headed
the Iranian Committee for the Reconstruction of Lebanon. (IRNA, 14 February)
Photo credit: Funeral of Brig Gen Hassah Shateri of IRGC’s Quds Force (Fars News Agency)
Photo credit: Funeral of Brig Gen Hassah Shateri of IRGC’s Quds Force (Fars News Agency)
