Iranian media Fars news agency reports “unofficial statistics” saying that more than 70 people were killed and more than 320 were injured in Israel’s attacks, reports Al Jazeera.
Fars is managed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and considered semi-official state media of the Iranian government.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of its chief commander Major General Hossein Salami in an Israeli military strike against Tehran, emphasizing that the occupying regime will face severe consequences for its latest acts of aggression against Iran’s territory, Press TV reported.
In a message of condolences on Friday, the IRGC extended its deep condolences to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the bereaved families of the victims as well as the people and government of Iran over the martyrdom of Salami.
The IRGC honored its late chief commander, describing him as among the most distinguished commanders of the force in scientific, cultural, security and military spheres who sincerely, astutely and devotedly stood at the forefront of the defending the aspirations of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the Iranian nation.
"The noble and revolutionary Iranian nation can rest assured that the public peace will be secured regardless of the brutal crime," the IRGC statement noted.
It emphasized that necessary precautions and plans to counter such incidents had already been taken, stating that full details of the enemy's criminal offensive and the forthcoming regrettable countermeasures will be shared with the Iranian nation.
The late commander of the IRGC was martyred in a strike that the Zionist regime carried out in the early hours of Friday.
The Israeli strikes targeted a number of residential buildings in the Iranian capital, as well as a number of sites in the northwestern city of Tabriz, the western cities of Khorramabad, Kermanshah, Boroujerd, and the central city of Natanz.
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