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Iran's Quds Force chief Qaani attends general's funeral

Members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries during the funeral of General Abbas Nilforoushan in Najaf, Iraq on October 14, 2024. The slain commander in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed alongside the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli air strike on Beirut in September. [AFP]

Iranian commander Esmail Qaani on Tuesday appeared in public after weeks of absence to attend the funeral ceremony for general Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed last month in Lebanon.

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