Assassination Will Not Weaken Iran’s Support for Assad
Meir Javedanfar speculates that the assassination of a senior member of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC) will not sink Iran’s support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Up until yesterday, all that we knew about the recently assassinated Iranian Gen. Hassan Shateri was that before his death he was involved in reconstruction efforts in southern Lebanon.
However today at his burial ceremony in Tehran’s Shahid Mahalati neighbourhood, another part of his life came to light.
“We are near the days of martyrdom of Imad Mughniya. Our Shateri was no less than Mughniya. He had a special place, in the way that he will be missed and his purity. That's all that can be said as his secret contributions cannot be mentioned," stated Hojatoleslam Panahiyan, who had met Shateri in Lebanon’s Embassy a number of years ago.
What could have been his secret contributions which Hojatoleslam Panahiyan hinted at?
