Rumours about Esmail Qaani's whereabouts have been swirling for weeks — now Iranian TV has aired what it says is footage of him alive and well in Tehran. Here's what we know about Qaani and the Quds Force he commands.
Esmail Qaani became the head of the Quds Force after the US killed his predecessor in a drone strike in Baghdad in 2020. Iran ian state television has aired footage that appears to show senior Revolutionary Guard commander Esmail Qaani attending a memorial ceremony.Who is Esmail Qaani ?
"Commander Qaani is in perfect health and will receive the Fath medal from the Supreme Leader in the coming days," Ebrahim Jabbari, an adviser to Qaani, told the Tasnim news agency. Israel has pulled off a number of high-profile strikes on targets linked to the Guards and killed senior figures in the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah,The footage aired on Tuesday showed Qaani at a memorial ceremony for a senior Revolutionary Guards commander killed in Lebanon, according to the Iranian media outlet.
The Associated Press reported that Qaani was attending the memorial for prominent Revolutionary Guard General Abbas Nilforushan, 58, who was killed in the Israeli air strike thatA selfie posted on social media by an Iranian journalist showed him posing with a man who he said was Qaani. The branch manages Iran's relations with the so-called "Axis of Resistance", a collection of Iran's proxies which include Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, Yemen's Houthis and armed groups in Iraq.
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