Israeli strikes hit on Monday 1er April, an upscale neighborhood of Damascus, state media reported. An Agence France-Presse correspondent on site confirmed that the Iranian embassy annex building had been razed by the strike.
Iran’s foreign ministry condemned the Israeli strikes, which killed eight people according to theSyrian Observatory for Human Rightse (OSDH).
âThe Israeli enemy launched airstrikes from the occupied Golan, targeting the Iranian consulate building in Damascusâaffirmed, for its part, the Iranian defense ministry.
He added that the strike had âentirely destroyed the buildingâlocated in Mazzeh, a neighborhood that also houses embassies and United Nations buildings. âAll those inside were killed or injuredâcontinued the ministry.
Iran calls for international âresponseâ
According to information from the Iranian state television IRIBa commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s ideological army, was killed in the strikes. âBrigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a top commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, was martyred in an attack by Zionist regime fighters on the annex from the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus », the Syrian capital, she said. The OSDH also confirms the death of âtwo Iranian advisors and five members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guardâ.
During a call with his Syrian counterpart, the head of Iranian diplomacy, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, considered the attack âas a violation of all international obligations and conventionsâ and called on the international community to provide âa serious answerâ to Israeli strikes.
âHossein Akbari, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, and his family were not injured during the Israeli attackâspecified for his part the Iranian Nour news agency.