Iran Official Vows to Take Revenge on Israel for Shateri’s Killing

Hojatoleslam Ali Shirazi, the supreme leader’s representative to the Quds Force, said Iran will take revenge on Israel for the killing of a Quds Force general in Syria, Iran’s semi-official news agency ISNA reported today.

Shirazi made the remarks on Friday night during a speech at Hosseinieh Mousa in Tehran. He was referring to the death of Quds Force Brig. Gen. Hassan Shateri (aka Hesam Khoshnevis) during an Israeli attack in Syria. Iran has said that “Zionist mercenaries” have martyred Shateri on his way from Damascus to Beirut.

“Our enemies should also know that we will quickly get revenge for (the death of) Haj Hassan (Gen. Shateri) from the Israelis, and the enemies cannot shut off the Iranian people with such stupid acts,” Shirazi said. (ISNA, 16 February)

File photo: Hojatoleslam Ali Shirazi, the representative of Iran’s supreme leader to the Quds Force. (Al Arabiya)