Getti imagesHossein Salami, Commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Watch Corps (IRGC), was killed in Israel’s shocks early on Friday, the highest Iranian leader who will die in attacks.
Salami, who was 65 years old, was famous for taking a hard attitude against Iranian Rivals, including Israel And now. It was just last month, warned that Tehran would “open the gates of hell” if they were attacked by any country.
Israel Launched width of a wide attack against IranSaying that this was targeted on nuclear plants, ballistic rockets and military commanders, despite the American President Donald Trut warning his ally against a talk about a potential nuclear agreement.
Tehran warned that Israel and the United States – who deny that they are involved – will pay “a hard cost” to the concerns that it will authorize that already a fragile region in a completely fragile region.
Israeli strikes were also killed Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of the Armed Forces of the Earth, Gholalami Rashid, Deputy Commander of Iranian Armed Forces and several nuclear scientists.
Only the day before the impact, Salami said that Iran was “completely ready for all scenarios, situations and circumstances”.
“The enemy thinks it can fight Iran in the same way that fights helpless Palestinians who are under the Israeli siege,” he said. “We are tested and experienced.”
Salami first joined revolutionary guards – a powerful branch of Iran armed forces – 1980. years War Iran-Iraq And became the deputy commander in 2009. year, and then the commander of the decade later.
Since the 2000, it was sanctioned by the UN Security Council and the United States due to its participation in Iranian nuclear and military programs.
Salami boasted from Iranian military abilities, at one point declaring that the country “on the verge of becoming world power”.
She welcomed the prospect of military conflict with Israel and the US. After the Israeli strike against Iranian goals in Syria in Syria in 2019. years, salami promised to “wipe the Zionist regime” from the political map.
After another strike in April last year at the Iranian Embassy in Syria, who killed seven members of revolutionary guards, including two generals, salami, issued a similar warning: “Our brave men will punish the Zionist regime.”
Iran and Israel were Allies to the Revolution in 1979. in Iran, who brought regime used to be used to Israel as a key part of its ideology.
Iranian regime today does not recognize the right of Israel to exist. The Supreme Leader of the Earth, Ayatolah Ali Khamenei, called Israel “Cancerous Tumor”, which will “undoubtedly be stiff and destroyed”.
Israel says Tehran rhetoric makes an Iran existential threat. Israel and her allies also criticized Iran’s accumulation of proxy force in the region, including Lebanose Shia militant groups of Hezbollah, which swerved on the destruction of Israel.
Salami and other senior officers of revolutionary guards are conducted by the Supreme leader of Iran.
Who are Iran revolutionary guardians?
Iran’s priestly leader set Islamic revolutionary watchtower 40 years ago to defend the country’s Islamic system and to resign the regular armed forces, which they did not believe.
With more than 190,000 active staff and bragging of own soil, Navy and Air Force, revolutionary guards is one of the most powerful groups in the country – military and political groups.
While the Iranian army keeps the territory of the country, revolutionary guards are placed to just protect the regime.
As group reports directly to the Supreme Leader, its power is not easy to check by other institutions.
The foreign strategic weapons and controls the paramilitary forces of resistance to the basis, which was often used to combat domestic disagreement.
They are also considered revolutionary guards to control about a third of the Iranian economy through a series of affiliates and trust. It also has billions of dollars in construction and engineering contracts.
Another in the Middle East, the group has an impact by providing money, weapons, technology, training and advice to allied governments.
Some of the revolutionary guards’ most general members manage his shadows abroad, Kuds force, which has to do with armed groups in the region, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian territoriesand yemen.
Former revolutionary guards officers continue to take influential positions in the government, parliament and other political bodies. They include former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former parliamentary speaker Alian.
Additional reporting of KOH EVE and Raffi Berg
