Iran Claims It Thwarted An Arab-Israeli Plot To Assassinate IRGC QudsCommander General Soleimani

Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (YouTube screenshot)

Times of Israel: Iran says it foiled ‘Israel-Arab’ plot to assassinate top military commander

Three arrested in plan that allegedly involved blowing up Qassem Soleimani during a memorial service for his father.

Iran thwarted what it described as an “Israel-Arab” plot to assassinate General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian media reported Thursday.

The Guard’s intelligence chief, Hossein Taeb, told an annual conference of IRGC commanders that three people had been arrested in connection with the plan.

Taeb said the plot had been worked on for a number of years and involved blowing up Soleimani at a memorial service for his father during the Muslim holy month of Muharram, which begin in early September, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

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Update #1: Iran says thwarts attack on top commander, arrests 3 (AFP)
Update #2: Iran claims it thwarted Arab-Israeli plot to assassinate IRGC Quds Force leader Soleimani (Jerusalem Post)

WNU Editor: Apparently he has had a lot of close calls .... Iran’s Soleimani claims he and Nasrallah barely escaped Israeli air raid in 2006 (Times of Israel).

Update #3: Why now? Soleimani just gave his first interview in 20 years .... Shadowy Iran commander Qassem Soleimani gives rare interview on 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war (The National).

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