Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday threatened Tehran "will use all its options" to respond to the assassination of senior Revolutionary Guards officer Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed alongside former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last month.
Abbas Nilforoushan © INM
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday threatened Tehran "will use all its options" to respond to the assassination of senior Revolutionary Guards officer Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed alongside former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last month.
Nilforoushan’s funeral procession began Monday in Iraq and will continue over the coming days in Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he had instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian terrorist group this week rejected an Israeli proposal for another temporary truce, instead demanding a deal to end the war in exchange for the release of hostages.
Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to task experts to start drawing up a framework for a potential nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said, after a second round of talks following President Donald Trump's threat of military action.
The past few days have unfolded like a geopolitical drama of historic proportions in Lebanon, where Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia militia long considered untouchable, appears to be teetering on the edge of a seismic shift.
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