TEHRAN — Kementerian Luar Iran menyatakan pada Isnin bahawa negara itu akan menggunakan semua kapasitinya untuk mempertanggungjawabkan Israel atas “jenayah” membunuh seorang komander kanan Iran di ibu negara Lubnan, Beirut akhir bulan lalu.
Dalam satu kenyataan, kementerian merakamkan ucapan takziah atas kematian Abbas Nilforoushan, yang terbunuh pada 27 September bersama pemimpin Hizbullah Hassan Nasrallah semasa mesyuarat ketika Israel melancarkan serangan bersasar besar-besaran ke atas ibu pejabat kumpulan itu di Dahieh, pinggir selatan Beirut.
Kementerian menyifatkan pembunuhan pegawai kanan tentera Iran sebagai “tindakan haram dan jenayah yang tidak boleh dimaafkan,” memberi amaran bahawa sebarang kompromi mengenai “pencerobohan dan jenayah” Israel akan meningkatkan lagi “jenayah.”
Jenazah komander yang terbunuh akan dikebumikan di kampung halamannya di Isfahan pada Selasa, selepas upacara pengebumian awal hari itu di ibu negara Iran, Tehran.
Pada 1 Oktober, Iran melancarkan kira-kira 180 peluru berpandu ke Israel, menggambarkan serangan itu sebagai tindakan balas terhadap pembunuhan Ketua Biro Politik Hamas Ismail Haniyeh, Nasrallah, dan Nilforoushan, serta peningkatan “tindakan jahat” Israel terhadap Lubnan dan wilayah Palestin, yang didakwanya disokong oleh Amerika Syarikat.
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Iran vows to hold Israel accountable for senior commander’s assassination
TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry stated on Monday that the country will utilize all its capacities to hold Israel accountable for the “crime” of assassinating a senior Iranian commander in Lebanese capital Beirut late last month.
In a statement, the ministry expressed condolences over the death of Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed on September 27 alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a meeting when Israel launched a large-scale targeted strike on the group’s headquarters in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut.
The ministry described the assassination of senior Iranian military official as an “illegal act and an unforgivable crime,” warning that any compromise regarding Israeli “aggressions and crimes” would embolden further “crimes.”
The slain commander’s body will be laid to rest in his hometown of Isfahan on Tuesday, following a funeral ceremony earlier that day in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
On October 1, Iran launched approximately 180 missiles at Israel, describing the attack as retaliation for the assassinations of Hamas Politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh, Nasrallah, and Nilforoushan, as well as Israel’s increased “malicious acts” against Lebanon and Palestinian territories, which it alleges are supported by the United States.
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