Hardline protesters in Tehran call for revenge following deadly Israeli attack in Syria

(2 Apr 2024)
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Tehran, Iran - 01 April 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Hardliners waving flags of Iran, Palestine and Lebanese Hezbollah at Tehran's Palestine embassy
2. Protesters holding body bags symbolizing dead Palestinian children
3. Various of protesters waving flags and chanting slogans
4. Protesters burning U.S., Israel and UK flags
5. Protesters chanting (Farsi): "Oh proud (revolutionary) guard, missile in response to missile!"
6. Setup shot of protesters chanting slogans
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Asghar Ajamizadeh, 52, hardline protester:
"In my opinion, since Israel has directly attacked this time, in other words, it has declared war, our response should be public and clear. It no longer works if our proxies hit one of their bases in another country."
8. Protesters chanting (Farsi) "Death to America"


STORYLINE:
Almost two hundred hardline protesters gathered near the former Israeli embassy in Tehran and called for revenge - hours after a deadly Israeli airstrike in Syria killed two Iranian generals and five officers.

The Israeli airstrike demolished Iran’s consulate in Syria on Monday.

The strike appeared to signify an escalation of Israel’s targeting of military officials from Iran, which provides money and weapons to Hamas and other militants responsible for the Oct. 7 attack against Israel.

Since the war in Gaza began nearly six months ago, clashes have also increased between Israel and Hezbollah — another militant group supported by Iran — along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.

Israel, which rarely acknowledges such strikes, said it had no comment on the latest attack in Syria, although a military spokesman blamed Iran for a drone attack early Monday against a naval base in southern Israel.

The airstrike in Syria killed Gen. Ali Reza Zahdi, who led the elite Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria until 2016, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

It also killed Zahdi’s deputy, Gen Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi, and five other officers.

A member of Hezbollah, Hussein Youssef, also was killed in the attack, a spokesperson for the militant group told The Associated Press. The spokesperson spoke on condition of anonymity in line with group’s rules; Hezbollah has publicly announced the death.

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