News - Middle East: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of its chief commander Major General Hossein Salami in an Israeli military strike against Tehran, emphasizing that the occupying regime will face severe consequences for its latest acts of aggression against Iran’s territory.

In a message of condolences on Friday, the IRGC extended its deep condolences to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the bereaved families of the victims as well as the people and government of Iran over the martyrdom of Salami.

The IRGC honored its late chief commander, describing him as among the most distinguished commanders of the force in scientific, cultural, security and military spheres who sincerely, astutely and devotedly stood at the forefront of the defending the aspirations of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the Iranian nation.

"The noble and revolutionary Iranian nation can rest assured that the public peace will be secured regardless of the brutal crime," the IRGC statement noted.

It emphasized that necessary precautions and plans to counter such incidents had already been taken, stating that full details of the enemy's criminal offensive and the forthcoming regrettable countermeasures will be shared with the Iranian nation.

The late commander of the IRGC was martyred in a strike that the Zionist regime carried out in the early hours of Friday, June 13.

The Israeli strikes targeted a number of residential buildings in the Iranian capital, as well as a number of sites in the northwestern city of Tabriz, the western cities of Khorramabad, Kermanshah, Boroujerd, and the central city of Natanz.

The flights have been suspended at the Imam Khomeini International Airport of Tehran as well as other Iranian airports.

The attack came a day after the latest anti-Iran resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors. .

It was also carried out two days before the next round of indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States in the capital of Oman on June 15.

Tehran and Washington have held five rounds of talks since April 12, mediated by Muscat, with the purpose of reaching a deal on Iran’s civilian nuclear program and the removal of sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

Source: Press TV