Iran's Quds Force Commander is 'in good health', deputy commander says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — 

The apical commandant of Iran's Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, is successful "good health," the force's lawman commandant Iraj Masjedi said Monday, aft 2 Iranian information sources told Reuters helium had been retired of interaction since strikes connected Beirut past week.

"He is successful bully wellness and is carrying retired his activities. Some inquire america to contented a statement... determination is nary request for this," Masjedi was quoted arsenic saying by Iranian authorities media successful notation to Qaani.

The Iranian Students' News Agency reported that a connection from Qaani was conveyed to a league successful solidarity with Palestinian children held Monday successful Tehran, adding that the commandant could not be "due to his being successful different important meeting."

One of the information officials told Reuters that Qaani was successful Beirut's confederate suburbs, known arsenic the Dahiyeh, during a onslaught past week that was reported to person targeted elder Hezbollah authoritative Hashem Safieddine. The authoritative said helium was not gathering with Safieddine.

Israel has been hitting aggregate targets successful Dahiyeh arsenic it pursues a run against Iran-backed Lebanese radical Hezbollah.

Tehran named Qaani the caput of the Revolutionary Guards Corps' overseas military-intelligence work aft the United States assassinated his almighty predecessor Qassem Soleimani successful a drone onslaught successful Baghdad successful 2020.

The Quds Force heavy influences its allied equipped groups crossed the Middle East.