TEHRAN: A high-ranking general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has died after an illness, Iran’s state TV reported Saturday.
Gen. Vajihollah Moradi was one of the commanders of the Guard’s foreign wing, TV said. He was also a comrade of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was slain in a US drone strike in Baghdad in 2020.
State TV said a funeral ceremony will be held in the northern city of Babolsar on Sunday.
Iran occasionally holds funerals for its soldiers fallen in Syria though officials say Iranian forces are there only as advisers.
Iran is Syrian President Bashar Assad’s main regional supporter in the Arab nation’s lengthy civil war. Hundreds of Iranian forces have been killed in the war in Syria.
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Iran announces the death of a high-ranking Revolutionary Guard general after a long illness
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Iran announces the death of a high-ranking Revolutionary Guard general after a long illness
- Gen. Vajihollah Moradi was one of the commanders of the Guard’s foreign wing
Dubai building hit by debris from attack: media office
- UAE’S air defenses have intercepted more than 1,500 Iranian drones and nearly 300 missiles
DUBAI: A building in central Dubai was hit by debris from an intercepted attack, the government media office said on Friday, after blasts shook the Middle East financial hub.
An AFP correspondent described hearing a huge double blast that rattled buildings and left a large cloud of black smoke hanging over a central district.
Dubai’s media office confirmed a building had been struck. The United Arab Emirates’ air defenses have intercepted more than 1,500 Iranian drones and nearly 300 missiles during the Middle East war.
“Authorities confirmed that debris from a successful interception caused a minor incident on the facade of a building in central Dubai,” the media office posted on X, adding that no injuries were reported.
The latest incident comes after a drone fell near Dubai’s financial district on Thursday. Iran had threatened to hit economic institutions, prompting some companies to evacuate staff from the area.
The oil-rich UAE and other countries in the wealthy Gulf have come under constant Iranian fire since the war started on February 28.
Dubai’s airport, one of the world’s biggest, has been repeatedly targeted as well as its port and luxury real estate including the Palm Jumeirah and Burj Al Arab hotel.
An AFP correspondent described hearing a huge double blast that rattled buildings and left a large cloud of black smoke hanging over a central district.
Dubai’s media office confirmed a building had been struck. The United Arab Emirates’ air defenses have intercepted more than 1,500 Iranian drones and nearly 300 missiles during the Middle East war.
“Authorities confirmed that debris from a successful interception caused a minor incident on the facade of a building in central Dubai,” the media office posted on X, adding that no injuries were reported.
The latest incident comes after a drone fell near Dubai’s financial district on Thursday. Iran had threatened to hit economic institutions, prompting some companies to evacuate staff from the area.
The oil-rich UAE and other countries in the wealthy Gulf have come under constant Iranian fire since the war started on February 28.
Dubai’s airport, one of the world’s biggest, has been repeatedly targeted as well as its port and luxury real estate including the Palm Jumeirah and Burj Al Arab hotel.
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