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The bombing, which killed Mohammad Zahedi, targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Syrian and Iranian media outlets blamed the attack on Israel

Top Iranian commander killed in attack in Syria


By News on the Net -- VOZ MEDIA——--April 1, 2024

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Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria. The building is located near the Iranian embassy in the Al-Mezzeh neighborhood, where other diplomatic headquarters are located. Five other people were reportedly killed in the incident.

Iranian and Syrian media blamed Israel for the attack. This is the most significant assassination since Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quids Force, was killed in an operation carried out by the United States in January 2020 in Iraq. ---More...




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