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A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on December 28, 2023, shows him praying next to the coffin of of Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike in Syria, in Tehran. (Photo by KHAMENEI. IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI. IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Maj Gen Hossein Salami during the funeral ceremony in Tehran for Razi Mousavi. Reuters
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Razi Mousavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force, part of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed on Monday in an Israeli strike in Syria. AFP
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A man at the funeral in Tehran mourns Mousavi's death. AFP
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Mourners at Mousavi's funeral in Tehran. AFP
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Mourners at Mousavi's funeral in Tehran on Thursday. AFP
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Mousavi was killed in an Israeli air strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus. AFP
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Mourners in Tehran surround a vehicle carrying the flag-draped coffin of Mousavi. AP Photo
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Mourners at the funeral in Tehran, Iran. AFP
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A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on December 28, 2023, shows him praying next to the coffin of of Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike in Syria, in Tehran. (Photo by KHAMENEI. IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI. IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief Maj Gen Hossein Salami during the funeral ceremony in Tehran for Razi Mousavi. Reuters
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Razi Mousavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force, part of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed on Monday in an Israeli strike in Syria. AFP
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A man at the funeral in Tehran mourns Mousavi's death. AFP
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Mourners at Mousavi's funeral in Tehran. AFP
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Mourners at Mousavi's funeral in Tehran on Thursday. AFP
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Mousavi was killed in an Israeli air strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus. AFP
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Mourners in Tehran surround a vehicle carrying the flag-draped coffin of Mousavi. AP Photo
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Mourners at the funeral in Tehran, Iran. AFP
Iran's supreme leader leads funeral prayers for IRGC commander in Tehran
Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says revenge for Mousavi's death will be nothing less than removal of the Zionist regime
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