Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani to receive top order from Leader: IRGC
An advisor to the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Brigadier General Esmail Qaani is in good health and will receive Order of Fat'h (Conquest) from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in the coming days.
Brigadier General Ebrahim Jabari made the remarks on Wednesday, amid Western media speculations that the IRGC Quds Force commander might have been wounded, or even martyred, in a massive Israeli strike last week that was reported to have targeted senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine in Beirut's densely populated southern neighborhood of Dahiyeh.
Qaani also sent a message to the 7th International Conference on Solidarity with Palestinian Children and Adolescents this week.
In a message published on Monday, the Quds Force commander extended his salutations to the participants of the event and offered his profound apologies for not being able to take part in the conference due to participation in another special meeting.
This is while Western media keep reporting that there has been no news regarding the whereabouts of Qaani in recent days, accusing Iranian officials of being silent about the absence of country’s prominent military figure.
On January 3, 2020, Ayatollah Khamenei appointed Esmail Qaani as the new head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force following the US assassination of top anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani.
He described Qaani as one of the IRGC's most prominent commanders during Saddam's imposed war on Iran, which lasted eight years starting in 1980.
Qaani was serving as the Quds Force's deputy commander prior to his appointment to direct the elite force.
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