Its dramatic elimination in the heart of Iran’s capital of Said Khodai, the senior officer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, who was assassinated yesterday (Sunday) by unknown gunmen near his home in Tehran, is no easy blow for the Revolutionary Guards in Iran.
Houdai is reportedly considered the number 2 most likely in the al-Quds force’s overseas terrorist unit and was close to Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani. And South America.
For example, according to the same reports, several months ago, the same Iranian official sent an Iranian drug dealer to assassinate the Israeli consul in Istanbul, Turkey. The suspect, sent by Hodai – Mansour Rassouli, was recently arrested and questioned in Iran and admitted to acting on behalf of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, with the aim of assassinating a number of Western elements in Europe.
The assassination occurred around 4:00 p.m., local time, in one of the side alleys of Mujahideen-a-Islam Street in Tehran. Additional details are now revealed: According to eyewitnesses, the assassination was carried out by two assassins, who were riding a motorcycle and clinging to Hodai’s vehicle. One of the assassins fired five bullets at him from a very short range. Three of the bullets hit his head and he died on the spot.
Israel did not address the liquidation. But Tehran has hinted that these are “factors related to global arrogance” – one of the terms Iran uses to describe the United States and Israel. At the same time, Iran announced that it was pursuing the assassins.
The Iranians are angry about the assassination, and a senior official told Al-Jazeera that the assassination was a violation of the red lines and would lead to significant changes.
Meanwhile, a few hours after the dramatic assassination, ISNA reported that the Revolutionary Guards had managed to expose an Israeli spy network, whose members had been arrested by the Iranians.
Yossi Melman, time’s intelligence commentator, said this morning on 103FM radio that “there is a secret war that is already less and less secretive all over the world. It has recently received a big push, Israel is more daring and also works on Iranian soil and not just against the nuclear program.” .