Iran Vows Revenge for Revolutionary Guards Killed in Israeli Strikes on Syria

IRGC chief Hossein Salami (C) attends the funeral procession for two of Iran's revolutionary guard forces killed by Israel in Syria, held in Tehran on April 4, 2023. (AFP)
IRGC chief Hossein Salami (C) attends the funeral procession for two of Iran's revolutionary guard forces killed by Israel in Syria, held in Tehran on April 4, 2023. (AFP)
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Iran Vows Revenge for Revolutionary Guards Killed in Israeli Strikes on Syria

IRGC chief Hossein Salami (C) attends the funeral procession for two of Iran's revolutionary guard forces killed by Israel in Syria, held in Tehran on April 4, 2023. (AFP)
IRGC chief Hossein Salami (C) attends the funeral procession for two of Iran's revolutionary guard forces killed by Israel in Syria, held in Tehran on April 4, 2023. (AFP)

Thousands of Iranians attended a funeral procession in Tehran on Tuesday for two Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli strikes in Syria last week.

Israel launched several missiles on Friday from the occupied Golan Heights against positions near Damascus, part of a series of attacks over recent days including early Tuesday.

"The Zionists are trying to target the resistance front, but the resistance will become stronger and more motivated," said Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Ramazan Sharif, according to the Tasnim News Agency.

"We will avenge the blood of martyrs Milad Heidari and Meghdad Mahghani," he vowed, while thousands gathered in central Tehran to mourn them, chanting "down with Israel".

"Follow their path," Heidari's mother told the large crowd at the funeral, urging them to ensure the victims' blood was not spilled in vain.

During more than a decade of civil war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on its territory, targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters as well as Syrian army positions.

Iran, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, says it only deploys military advisers in the conflict-ravaged country.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanani, accused arch enemy Israel of bringing "war and insecurity" to the Middle East and of "creating discord in the region".

In an apparent reference to Israel's recent political turmoil and mass protests against the hard-right government's proposed judicial reforms, he charged that there will be "no escape from internal collapse".



Australia: Passenger Arrested at Airport after Leaving Parked Airliner Through Emergency Exit

A Jetstar plane arrives at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 9, 2013. (Juian Smith/AAP Image via AP)
A Jetstar plane arrives at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 9, 2013. (Juian Smith/AAP Image via AP)
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Australia: Passenger Arrested at Airport after Leaving Parked Airliner Through Emergency Exit

A Jetstar plane arrives at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 9, 2013. (Juian Smith/AAP Image via AP)
A Jetstar plane arrives at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 9, 2013. (Juian Smith/AAP Image via AP)

A passenger was arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing, and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac on Thursday, officials said.
Jetstar Flight JQ507 had arrived at Melbourne Airport from Sydney and had parked at a terminal gate when the man left the plane by the right-side exit, The Associated Press quoted officials as saying.
Opening the exit automatically deployed a slide from the back of the wing at the fuselage to the ground, a Jetstar statement said. But the man instead walked along the wing and climbed down one of the Airbus A320’s two engines, an official said.
Passenger Audrey Varghese said passengers screamed and shrieked as the man began “erratic” behavior shortly before he opened the hatch.
“The man was exhibiting some quite strange behavior,” Varghese told Melbourne Radio 3AW.
“As soon as the plane started coming to a stop, he immediately got up and charged to where the emergency exit row is,” Varghese added.
Australian Federal Police officers had been alerted by Jetstar staff and arrested the man for “alleged aggressive behavior and breaching aircraft safety protocols,” a police statement said.
He was assessed by paramedics and taken to a hospital where he remains for further assessment, the police statement said.
Melbourne Airport said the man was detained by aircrew and ground staff before police arrested him.