Iranian Commander Vows Revenge against Daesh Terrorists
TEHRAN (Basirta) : World-renowned Iranian commander Major General Qassem Soleimani condemned the killing of an Iranian serviceman, who was recently decapitated by Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorists in Syria, as “a savage act” and pledged to take revenge on the terror group.
In a message issued on Thursday, Major General Soleimani pointed to the
martyrdom of Mohsen Hojaji, the Iranian military adviser, and said, "Following
the successive defeats of the Wahhabi Takfiri groups, who are linked to the
global arrogance (the US), in the battlefields against Islamic warriors, the
Daesh terrorist group committed a heinous and inhumane crime that is contrary to
any Islamic or even humanitarian law.”
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander further made assurances
that his forces will take revenge for this "savage act” through eradicating
Wahhabism and terrorism from the Islamic world.
"…These crimes committed (by terrorists) made us more resolved and determined to
clean every place of the Islamic lands from their evil existence,” Major General
Soleimani noted.
In a separate message, Commander of the IRGC Ground Force Brigadier General
Mohammad Pakpour offered condolences to the bereaved family of the Iranian
serviceman, and likened his martyrdom to that of Imam Hossein (AS), the third
Shiite Imam, who was beheaded in the Battle of Karbala’ on 10 October 680 by
Yazid's army.
Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist
groups, including Daesh, currently controlling parts of it.
According to a report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has
claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injured 1.9 million others, and
displaced nearly half of the country’s pre-war population of about 23 million
within or beyond its borders.
In the meantime, Iran has remained a close ally of Syria and supports its
legitimate government in the face of foreign-backed militancy.
