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Update on Esmail Qaani
2024-10-12
[IsraelTimes] Rumors have continued to swirl in recent days over the status of Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's extraterritorial Quds Force who hasn't been seen in public for several weeks.

Qaani has been conspicuously absent since he traveled to Beirut two days after the massive Israeli airstrike late last month that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and several other top commanders, including an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deputy commander.

After unconfirmed reports that he had been killed in a subsequent Israeli strike in Beirut alongside a top Hezbollah leader,
…that would be Hashem Safieddine …
claims have now surfaced on Arabic and regional media that while he is alive, Qaani is being investigated by the IRGC, of which his Quds Force is part, on suspicion of involvement in Israeli intelligence infiltration and of playing a part in Israel's assassination late last month of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah
Times of Israel bases its reporting on info from the Saudis and Qataris.
Related:
Esmail Qaani 10/11/2024 Qaani is alive and is currently being interrogated in Iran, sources claim - report
Esmail Qaani 10/07/2024 Hezbollah, now run by committee, says Israel hampering search for missing leader
Esmail Qaani 10/07/2024 Unconfirmed reports that the missing Iranian general Esmail Qaani was actually a Mossad agent

Related:
Hashem Safieddine 10/11/2024 Qaani is alive and is currently being interrogated in Iran, sources claim - report
Hashem Safieddine 10/09/2024  Naim Qassem, after he refused to become the new leader: 'For now Hezbollah will continue without a leader. We will elect a leader in due course.'
Hashem Safieddine 10/08/2024 Naim Qassem, Deputy head of Hezbollah since 1991, not only refused to become the new head, but also resigned from his position and won't be affiliated with Hezbollah anymore

Posted by:Lord Garth

#7  These rumors true or no are wonderful psych ops against IRGC. Maybe the Hidden 12th Imam is also an Israeli informant?
Posted by: Alpha2c    2024-10-12 23:05  

#6  #4,5 (Not to start a theological argument) But the idea of Good and Evil being of equal strength has a certain attractive logical economy.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-12 15:14  

#5  A closet Zorastrinian.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-10-12 09:51  

#4  ooh, you're nasty, Grom. Keep it up.
Posted by: Mercutio   2024-10-12 09:49  

#3  Actually, of course, Esmail Qaani is NOT a Mossad agent - though he did cooperate with Mossad. He's part of the Mazdaist conspiracy within IRGC. The purpose of the conspiracy is to abolish Islam (which they believe to be a tool of Ahriman) in Iran, and to return the people to the true religion.😎
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-12 05:22  

#2  ...Schrodinger's Quds Force CO.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2024-10-12 05:12  

#1  "He's not dead, he's a Mossad spy!"
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-10-12 02:26  

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