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Report: Iranian official hints Israel, US involved in deputy Quds Force chief's death

Brig. Gen. Muhammad Hussein-Zada Hejazi, did not die of a heart attack as Iranian authorities initially claimed on Sunday, rather was poisoned by Israel and the United States with radioactive materials, possibly in Iraq or Syria, an Iranian source tells Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida.

by  ILH Staff
Published on  04-20-2021 12:23
Last modified: 04-20-2021 12:56
Report: Iranian official hints Israel, US involved in deputy Quds Force chief's deathAP/Vahid Salemi

Quds Force Deputy Commander Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi, left, at a military parade in Tehran, Nov. 26, 2006 | Archives: AP/Vahid Salemi

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An Iranian official claimed Monday that Brig. Gen. Muhammad Hussein-Zada Hejazi, deputy commander of Iran's clandestine Quds Force, did not die of a heart attack as Iranian authorities initially claimed on Sunday, rather was poisoned by Israel and the United States with radioactive materials, possibly in Iraq or Syria.

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Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida cited an unnamed source reportedly close to Hejazi, as insisting that he was in good health before his last trip to Iraq and Syria in March.

After Hejazi's return to Iran, the Iranian source told Al-Jarida, he faced symptoms "similar to those of COVID-19" but tests confirmed he had not, in fact, contracted the coronavirus.

The source noted that Hejazi's symptoms were so severe about one week ago that he was unable to leave his office at Quds Force headquarters, and that all medical procedures proved futile before a sudden bout of good health enabled him to leave.  His death two days later caught everyone by surprise, the source claimed.

Some military doctors, the source told Al-Jarida, diagnosed Hejazi as possibly having cancer but he died before completing additional tests.

The source went on to say that everyone in Hejazi's circle initially believed he had died from a heart attack or due to health problems associated with exposure to chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq war, but on Monday morning forensic doctors who performed his autopsy "detected radioactive materials in his body," indicating that he was assassinated, possibly through food.

According to the Kuwaiti daily, the materials allegedly discovered in the autopsy were similar to those which Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of using against his political opponents.

The source further alleged that the majority of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' high command was in agreement that Israel was behind the incident and possibly used the type of poison associated with Russian assassination attempts so that suspicions would be turned against Moscow.

The IRGC has launched an investigation into the matter and ordered that all commanders who recently traveled abroad undergo testing.

According to several intelligence organizations, Hejazi, who Iranian officials said had suffered from a chronic illness, oversaw the planning of the 1994 terrorist attack on the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85.

Last year, Israeli intelligence officials concluded Hejazi had also been tasked with orchestrating Hezbollah's precision missile program in Lebanon. Hejazi was also responsible for the establishment of pro-Iranian militias in Syria, and according to reports in rebel-affiliated media outlets, was seen in the country several times in recent years.

Prior to the assassination of former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Hejazi had been responsible for Quds Force logistics. He also took part in the brutal crackdown of the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests that saw demonstrators tortured and murdered.

A central player in the Quds Force, Hejazi's death is a serious blow to the elite organization, which has found it hard to fill the vacuum left by Soleimani's death.

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