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Max Butterworth
Reuters
Iran has reiterated its vow to punish Israel for the attack on its consulate in Syria earlier this week that killed a number of senior military commanders.
“No act of the enemy against the sacred Islamic Republic will go unanswered,” Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander-in-chief, told the large crowd gathered in Tehran today for the funeral of those killed. “Our brave men will punish the Zionist regime.”
ATTA KENARE / AFP - Getty ImagesVahid Salemi / APFormer Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei, commenting on the possibility of retaliation against Israel, said: “The decision has been made. It will definitely be implemented,” according to the semiofficial Tasnim news site.The funeral coincided with the annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day, during which Iran stages large state-sponsored pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel rallies nationwide.
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