The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday that Brigadier General Hajizadeh was martyred in a terrorist strike by the Zionist regime on an IRGC center in the wee hours of Friday.
The statement paid tribute to the late commander, who rose to the rank of major general after martyrdom, for his wise and tireless efforts to boost Iran’s deterrent capabilities and protect the country’s security and independence.
The late commander was a prominent and influential figure of the resistance front and a symbol of development, innovation and might in the defense and missile spheres, the IRGC said.
The statement emphasized that the martyrdom of the Iranian commanders in the criminal Israeli attacks could by no means undermine the Iranian nation or the IRGC and will resolve their determination to take “harsh revenge”.
The Zionist regime and its regional and extra-regional sponsors will receive a suitable and decisive response in the appropriate time and location, the IRGC warned.
The Israeli regime attacked a number of residential neighborhoods of Tehran and locations in other parts of Iran in the early hours of Friday.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami, Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Major General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, and at least six Iranian nuclear scientists have been martyred in the strikes.
Ayatollah Khamenei has warned the Zionist regime that it will receive a severe punishment for the strike, saying, “With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared for itself a bitter, painful fate, which it will definitely see.”