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Iran Refutes Speculation on Top General’s Whereabouts Amid Rising Tensions
Amid growing tensions, Iran denies reports that its top general’s location is unknown, stressing the false nature of such claims.
There is widespread speculation that the top commander of Iran’s elite Quds unit may be injured or dead.
There are unconfirmed reports suggesting that Esmail Ghaani was killed in Beirut last Friday.
On Monday, October 7th, the organizer of a conference in Tehran focused on Palestine shared Ka’ani’s regards with attendees.
Earlier in the day, reports of Q’aani’s death were dismissed by the Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force.
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He was reportedly in Lebanon’s capital last week when an Israeli airstrike allegedly killed Hashem Safieddine, a prominent leader of Hezbollah, the Iranian-supported Lebanese militant group.
Ghaani assumed leadership of the elite Quds Force following the death of his predecessor, Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was killed in early 2020 by a U.S. drone strike ordered by then-president Donald Trump.