here's parham ghobadi from bbc persian.revolutionary guard commander that iranian state tv interrupted this programme to announce his death. an iranian revolutionary guard also issuing a statement that said that he was in charge of the logistics in syria and in lebanon, he was a very close aide to the slain iranian general who was killed in a us drone strike in iraq back in 2020. he was an extremely important figure, they also mentioned that he was killed by three missiles that hit the building where he was staying in a town on the outskirts of damascus, capital of syria. what does israel say about it? they usually have a no comment policy, they neither accept nor reject their responsibility in such strikes. usually we get to hear about it through israeli media. so this time, like previous attacks, they haven't commented on this special strike. clearly, everything that is happening in the region, just talk us through the significance of this. we have to see this in light of recent flare up between israel and iran, us offici

here's parham ghobadi from bbc persian.mportant commander, a senior revolutionary guard commander in syria, that iranian state tv interrupted this programme to announce his death. and...the iranian revolutionary guard also issued a statement saying that he was in charge of the logistics in syria and in lebanon. and he was a very close aide to slain iranian general qasem soleimani, who was killed in a us drone strike in iraq back in 2020. so he was an extremely important figure. they also mentioned that he was killed by three missiles that hit the building where he was staying in zeinabia, which is a town on the outskirts of damascus, capital of syria. and what is israel saying? they usually have — and what is israel saying? they usually have no _ and what is israel saying? they usually have no common - and what is israel saying? tie: usually have no common policy. —— comment. usually we get to hear about it through israeli media. this time like previous attacks. they have not commented on the special strike. �* , strike. an

here's parham ghobadi from bbc persian.ortant commander, a senior revolutionary guard commander in syria, that iranian state tv interrupted this programme to announce his death. and...the iranian revolutionary guard also issued a statement saying that he was in charge of the logistics in syria and in lebanon. and he was a very close aide to the iranian general qasem soleimani, who was killed in a us drone strike in iraq back in 2020. so he was an extremely important figure. they also mentioned that he was killed by three missiles that hit the building where he was staying in zeinabia, which is a town on the outskirts of damascus, capital of syria. more than 100 people have been killed in coordinated attacks by armed herders on farming communities in nigeria. the attacks in the plateau state began on saturday and lasted until midnight on sunday, when many residents were sleeping. local media say the attackers also burned down houses and looted farm produce. plateau is one of central nigeria's ethnically and religiously diver

parham ghobadi from bbc persian talked to the bbc�*s lewis vaughanjones about the significance of mousaviportant commander, a senior revolutionary guard commander in syria, that iranian state tv interrupted this programme to announce his death. and...the iranian revolutionary guard also issued a statement saying that he was in charge of the logistics in syria and in lebanon. and he was a very close aide to slain iranian general qasem soleimani, who was killed in a us drone strike in iraq back in 2020. so he was an extremely important figure. they also mentioned that he was killed by three missiles that hit the building where he was staying in zeinabia, which is a town on the outskirts of damascus, capital of syria. israel usually has a no comment as they neither reject or accept responsibility for such strikes, usually we hear through it through israeli media. this time like the tax they have not commented on this special strike. given everything that has happened through the region talk us through the region talk us through the region talk us through the significance of this. ~ ., ., , ,

with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian. give us the latest on this. the latest on this. this is not the first time _ give us the latest on this. this is not the first time that _ give us the latest on this. this is not the first time that israelis i not the first time that israelis have targeted iranian forces or iranian backed forces in syria. but say he was a senior iranian commander, and that is why iranian state television interrupted this programme to announce the killing of the senior commander in syria. also iranian revolutionary guards immediately issued a statement saying that he was the head of logistics in syria, which is an important role and said that he is extremely experienced in this field and has been serving in syria for many years. they also said that he was a top adviser, who was killed in a jones strike during the trump administration in 2020. he was one of the most important iranian generals in syria. [30 of the most important iranian generals in syria.— of the most important iranian generals in syria. do we have a resnonse _ gen

here's parham ghobadi from bbc persian.ortant commander, a senior revolutionary guard commander in syria, that iranian state tv interrupted this programme to announce his death. and...the iranian revolutionary guard also issued a statement saying that he was in charge of the logistics in syria and in lebanon. and he was a very close aide to slain iranian general qasem soleimani, who was killed in a us drone strike in iraq back in 2020. so he was an extremely important figure. they also mentioned that he was killed by three missiles that hit the building where he was staying in zeinabia, which is a town on the outskirts of damascus, capital of syria. now to russia, where opposition leader alexei navalny has been found alive and well, after apparently disappearing from the country's prison system. the us state department has welcomed the news but said it remains deeply concerned about his wellbeing. his spokesperson says he's being held at a penal colony in siberia. navalny is one of president putin's leading opponents. he's

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with more on this, bbc persian's parham ghobadi joins me now. what is the latest your hearing?ck on israel that iran has been accused of targeting an oil tanker. it's also supremely significant because the tanker according to us officials was hit near india which is 1,000 kilometres from iran. it is also in the past few weeks the international ships were targeted, not near iranian borders, in the red sea, and they were believed to have been targeted by houthis. the us military said a warship was shot down by drones that they believe was coming from houthis and another oil tanker was targeted in the red sea. the iranian revolutionary guard warned yesterday that in the past, the persian gulf and oman sea became a nightmare for international shipping, notice the red sea and if the war in israel does not come to an end, you will see the same thing happening in the mediterranean sea and off the strait of gibraltar. what is iran saying officially about this? ., ., , what is iran saying officially about this? ., ., this? iran has not denied involvement _ this? iran has not denied invo

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