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Tehran – Iran received another blow with the assassination of a prominent Revolutionary Guard commander and his companions on the Syrian-Iraqi border, at a time when it was trying to heal its wounds from the loss it had received three days ago with the murder of one. of the most prominent engineers in its nuclear program, scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
On Monday, Iraqi intelligence sources confirmed the murder of the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Muslim Shahdan, and three of his bodyguards on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Sources added that “initial information has not yet confirmed whether the attack was a drone or an assassination otherwise,” while the media reported that the Revolutionary Guard commander launched a drone after crossing the Al crossing. -Qaim with Syria, noting that the attack operation took place late on Sunday. .
The assassination of Muslim Shahdan was a further blow to Iran, as similar Israeli operations had previously targeted Iranian scientists, attacked underground nuclear facilities with individuals or with information attacks and the theft of confidential files, with the blessing of the United States. which in turn ensured the liquidation of General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi assistant, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in early 2020. An airstrike near Baghdad airport.
These successive attacks would weaken the Iranian position and could push Tehran to respond and take offensive measures against Israel or the United States, which threatens an intensification of the crisis between the latter and the US administration even during the era of the new president, Joe Biden. who expressed in previous positions his desire to open channels of dialogue with Iran. About the nuclear archive.
This attack came to shake the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, especially its offshore branch, the Quds Force, the real engine of the Iranian regime’s foreign policy in the region.
The influence of the Revolutionary Guard is expanding in all Iranian sectors and institutions. Even the speaker of parliament, Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf, was a former general in the Revolutionary Guard, while two-thirds of the members of parliament are considered former members or affiliates of the guard and its affiliated organizations to this day.
Analysts from Iran and the United States expect the Revolutionary Guards to take over the Iranian government, and the next step is to elect an IRGC candidate for president in 2021.
On Monday, Iran participated in a ceremony held at the Defense Ministry and only dozens of high-ranking military commanders and their families attended, due to preventive measures against the Coronavirus.
Iran accused Israel and the Iranian opposition group, the Khalq mujahideen, of being involved in the assassination of the nuclear scientist, who is suspected of being the head of the “Amad” plan that was drawn up two decades ago to oversee the main elements of the program. nuclear weapons.
The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council in Iran, Ali Shamkhani, said that the murder of the prominent scientist was carried out with a “complicated” process and a “completely new” method.
Shamkhani accused Israel of using “electronic devices” to remotely kill Fakhrizadeh, the scientist who founded the Iranian military nuclear program in the first decade of the 21st century.
Shamkhani made the remarks at Fakhrizadeh’s funeral, while the Iranian defense minister vowed to continue the man’s work “with great speed and strength.”
