Spotlight on Iran

The commander of the IRGC’s Qods Force in Syria and Lebanon, Mohammad Reza Zahedi (Hassan Mahdavi), along with his deputy and five other Iranians, were killed in an airstrike on a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Following the attack, senior Iranian officials, foremost among them the Supreme Leader of Iran, threatened a harsh response against Israel. The Supreme National Security Council convened a few hours after the attack to discuss Iran’s response.

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