{"id":2347055,"date":"2024-09-28T10:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-general-and-hezbollah-leader-killed-by-same-airstrike-reports\/"},"modified":"2024-09-28T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T14:45:41","slug":"iranian-general-and-hezbollah-leader-killed-by-same-airstrike-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-general-and-hezbollah-leader-killed-by-same-airstrike-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian General and Hezbollah Leader Killed by Same Airstrike: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-general-and-hezbollah-leader-killed-by-same-airstrike-reports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2347055&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iranian General Abbas Nilforushan, a prominent figure in the country\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary \u200bGuard, was\u2062 killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon that also resulted in \u2064the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. This incident \u2062highlights the ongoing repercussions of the Israel-Hamas conflict, with increasing pressure on Iran to respond militarily despite its\u200c recent signals of a willingness to negotiate over Western sanctions affecting its economy. <\/p>\n<p>Nilforushan, 58, had a significant military \u2063history,\u200d overseeing ground operations for the Guard and supporting regional militias like Hezbollah \u2062in their resistance against Israel and\u2063 the United States. In the past, he condemned Israel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-12-year-old-harry-potter-fan-taken-hostage-is-found-dead-with-her-grandmother\/\" title=\"12-year-old Harry Potter fan and her grandmother found dead after being taken hostage in Israel war.\">military \u200dactions<\/a> and\u2064 was sanctioned by the U.S. for \u200doverseeing suppression operations against protests within Iran. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>His death is pivotal as Iran\u200c seeks \u200dto \u200bnavigate its turbulent relationship with the West\u200b while considering\u2063 its next steps after numerous military losses, including the assassination of General Qassem\u2064 Soleimani in 2020. Despite calls\u2064 for retaliation, \u2063Iran has yet to publicly respond to these provocations, even as its new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian maintains that the country is open to negotiations regarding its nuclear program.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) &mdash; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-retired-generals-drag-america-into-the-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Let Retired Generals Drag America Into the Ukraine War\">prominent general<\/a> in Iran&rsquo;s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/obituary-nasrallah-lebanon-israel-2da3789a02fd4e2e88511a7f59174d19\">killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah<\/a> in Beirut, Iranian media reported Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>The killing of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan marks the latest casualty suffered by Iran as the nearly yearlong <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\">Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip<\/a> teeters on the edge of becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-ethiopian-diplomat-resigns-in-protest-of-countrys-genocide\/\" title=\"Longtime Ethiopian Diplomat Resigns in Protest of Country\u2019s Genocide\">regional conflict<\/a>. His death further ratchets up pressure on Iran to respond, even as Tehran has signaled in recent months that <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-nuclear-deal-khamenei-us-tensions-bc11763f45041ac84171ebc3866f1273\">it wants to negotiate with the West<\/a> over sanctions crushing its economy. <\/p>\n<p>Nilforushan, 58, was killed Friday in the strike in Lebanon in which Nasrallah died, the state-owned newspaper Tehran Times reported. Ahmad Reza Pour Khaghan, the deputy head of Iran&rsquo;s judiciary, also confirmed Nilforushan&rsquo;s death, describing him as a &ldquo;guest to the people of Lebanon,&rdquo; the state-run IRNA news agency said. <\/p>\n<p>Khaghan also reportedly said that Iran had the right to retaliate under international law.<\/p>\n<p>Nilforushan served as the deputy commander for operations in the Guard, a role overseeing its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stealth-fighters-performance-not-living-up-to-the-price-tag\/\" title=\"Stealth Fighter\u2019s Performance Not Living Up to the Price Tag\">ground forces<\/a>. What he was doing in Lebanon on Friday wasn&rsquo;t immediately clear. The Guard&rsquo;s expeditionary Quds Force for decades has armed, trained and relied on Hezbollah as part of its strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hamas-war-iran-yemen-houthis-lebanon-hezbollah-2bf649b0127edfdc65d08e6b68aa3695\">to rely on regional militias as a counterbalance to Israel and the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Nilforushan, like other members of the Guard that view Israel as Iran&rsquo;s main enemy, long mocked and criticized the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Zionist regime has many ethnic, cultural, social and military rifts. It is in vulnerable and in doom status more than before,&rdquo; Nilforushan said in 2022, according to an IRNA report.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Nilforushan in 2022 and said he had led an organization &ldquo;directly in charge of protest suppression.&rdquo; Those sanctions came amid <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-hijab-protests-mahsa-amini-anniversary-59641e9254eea45c069b54d590c7e818\">the monthslong protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini<\/a> following her arrest for allegedly not wearing her headscarf, or hijab, to the liking of police. At the time, Nilforushan accused Iran&rsquo;s enemies abroad of stoking the demonstrations led by Iranian women that challenged both the mandatory hijab and the country&rsquo;s theocracy. <\/p>\n<p>Nilforushan also served in Syria, backing President Bashar Assad in his country&rsquo;s decades-long war that grew out of the 2011 Arab Spring. Like many of his colleagues, he began his military career in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Iranian state television called him a &ldquo;comrade&rdquo; of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-qassem-soleimani-profile-kerman-bomb-attack-57cbc9adff1914e5047c0104b311cced\">Gen. Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, the head of its expeditionary Quds Force who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad that year. <\/p>\n<p>Nilforushan&rsquo;s death comes as Iran in recent months has been signaling it wants to change its tack with the West after years of tensions stemming from then-President Donald Trump&rsquo;s unilateral withdrawal of America from Tehran&rsquo;s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Iranian voters elected <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-presidential-runoff-election-masoud-pezeshkian-profile-a07e9921fa8c25b1a05333e128c03916\">reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a> following a helicopter crash that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-obituary-helicopter-crash-107ffb888540ef022a84ec719b81398c\">President Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, a hard-line protege to 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. <\/p>\n<p>While critical of Israel, Pezeshkian has maintained that Iran is willing to negotiate over its nuclear program, which now enriches uranium to near weapons-grade levels. While Iran has been able to sell oil abroad despite sanctions, it likely was at a steep discount and energy prices have fallen further in recent weeks. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Iran still threatens to retaliate for Soleimani&rsquo;s killing and the suspected Israeli assassination in Tehran of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-iran-ismail-haniyeh-killed-tehran-hamas-2d16ae7ed668b954ac0e7a53eaf92671\">Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh<\/a> in July. Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">hasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t explained why it hasn&rsquo;t struck yet, though an unprecedented direct attack it launched in April on Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-ballistic-missiles-israel-retaliation-gaza-war-edccddf7a871b78cd5528e265e1e7317\">failed to seriously damage any major target<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. 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The death of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan adds to Iran&#8217;s losses amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, which is on the verge of escalating into a regional war. This incident intensifies pressure on Iran to retaliate, even as Tehran has recently expressed interest in negotiating with Western nations regarding sanctions impacting its economy. Nilforushan, 58, was reportedly killed during Friday&#8217;s strike in Lebanon where Nasrallah died, according to the state-owned Tehran Times. Ahmad Reza Pour Khaghan, deputy head of Iran\u2019s judiciary, confirmed his death and referred to him as a &#8220;guest&#8221; of Lebanon\u2019s people through IRNA news agency. Khaghan also stated that Iran has the right to respond under international law. Nilforushan held the position of deputy commander for operations within the Guard and oversaw ground forces; however, his presence in Lebanon at that time remains unclear. For decades, the Guard\u2019s Quds Force has supported Hezbollah as part of its strategy against Israel and U.S. influence.<\/p>\n<p>Nilforushan had long criticized Israel and viewed it as Iran&#8217;s primary adversary; he made statements about Israel&#8217;s vulnerabilities last year according to IRNA reports. In 2022, he was sanctioned by the U.S Treasury for leading efforts against protests following Mahsa Amini\u2019s death after her arrest over hijab regulations\u2014protests largely driven by women challenging both mandatory hijab laws and Iranian governance.<\/p>\n<p>He also played a role in supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad during Syria&#8217;s prolonged civil war stemming from 2011 unrest and began his military career during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.<\/p>\n<p>His passing occurs at a time when Iran appears eager for diplomatic engagement with Western powers after years marked by tensions following former President Donald Trump&#8217;s withdrawal from Tehran\u2019s nuclear agreement in 2018. Recently elected reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian has indicated willingness to negotiate over nuclear issues despite critical views towards Israel.<\/p>\n<p>While still threatening retaliation for past attacks including Soleimani\u2019s assassination by U.S forces and alleged Israeli actions against Hamas leaders like Ismail Haniyeh this July\u2014Iran has yet to explain why it hasn&#8217;t acted decisively despite previous aggressive moves failing to achieve significant impact on major targets.<br \/>\n___ Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi contributed from Tehran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2347056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cee5f993ed04453c8e7ad6054c070c63-scaled-e1727532239841.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3942,24658,3823],"class_list":["post-2347055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-airstrike","tag-hezbollah","tag-iran"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cee5f993ed04453c8e7ad6054c070c63-scaled-e1727532239841.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}