Iran appointed this Tuesday (24) a former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as the new secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, replacing Ali Larijani, killed in an air strike on the 16th.
Iranian state TV identified the new secretary as Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr.
Zolghadr achieved the rank of brigadier general in the IRGC and had been serving as secretary of the Iran Discernment Council.
Lebanon, in turn, ordered Iran’s ambassador to leave the country.
The Foreign Ministry said Tehran’s diplomatic representative in the small, war-torn country must leave by Sunday after being declared persona non grata. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Denise Rahme told the Associated Press that the Iranian embassy will still have a chargé d’affaires to head the diplomatic mission.
The Lebanese government has criticized Iran and accused the IRGC of operating in Lebanon alongside the militant group Hezbollah, dragging the country into yet another war with Israel.
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Israel claims that some of its attacks targeted members of the IRGC operating in the country. Source: Associated Press.
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