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Report: Explosion near Iranian embassy in Damascus, one dead

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An explosion was registered in the Syrian district of al-Maza, Israeli media reported on Saturday morning, citing Syrian reports. The Iranian embassy is located in Al-Maza.

At least one person was killed; their identity is not yet known, but they are considered “close to Iran”.

The Syrian media have not yet pointed the finger at those responsible.

The Al-Maza neighborhood is home to the Iranian embassy, ​​whose building was attacked last month in an attack attributed to Israel. Senior members of the Revolutionary Guard, including the commander of the Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, were killed in an attack that marked Iran’s first direct attack on Israel.

According to foreign reports, Israel responded with a targeted attack on Isfahan.

Assassination attempt on the IRGC in Damascus in April

Mohammed Reza Zahedi, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force for Lebanon and Syria, was killed in an airstrike in April along with his lieutenant and about five other officers, the IRGC said overnight.

Zahedi was the highest-ranking Iranian killed since the current war began, even higher than Sayyed Reza Mousavi, who was killed in December. The Jerusalem Post have learned.

Shortly before Zahedi’s assassination along with his deputy, the residences of the Iranian ambassador and consuls were to be moved to a new apartment complex further down the same street where the two brothers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad also live.

Shortly before the attack, the leadership of the Syrian Revolutionary Guard met on the second floor of the consulate building and decided at the last minute to stay there.

Yonah Jeremy Bob and Reuters contributed to this report.



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