Greg Wehner By Greg Wehner Fox News
Published December 25, 2023 5:53pm EST
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Hossein Akbari, Iran’s ambassador in Damascus, told state television that Mousavi was in the embassy as a diplomat and that he was killed by missiles fired by Israel after returning home from work.
The assassination was a show of Israel’s weakness, according to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
“This act is a sign of the Zionist regime’s frustration and weakness in the region for which it will certainly pay the price,” Raisi was quoted as saying.
Echoing Raisi, the IRGC also said Israel would suffer for killing the adviser.
“The usurper and savage Zionist regime will pay for this crime,” the IRGC said in a statement provided to state TV.
Nasser Kanaani, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, told state TV, “Iran reserves the right to take necessary measures to respond to this action at the appropriate time and place.”
Israel’s military did not immediately comment on Mousavi’s death.
Attacks on Iran-linked targets in Syria by Israel are nothing new and have taken place for years.
Tehran’s influence in the country has continued to grow after backing President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that broke out in 2011 in Syria.
Iran said this month that Israeli strikes killed two members of the IRGC in Syria who also served as military advisers.
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