AFP: Iran mourns missile expert as report links Israel

AFP: Iran mourns missile expert as report links Israel: "Iran mourns missile expert as report links Israel
By Mohammad Davari (AFP) – 1 hour ago
TEHRAN — Iran held a solemn funeral for eight of 17 Revolutionary Guards killed in a munitions blast on Monday, including a key figure in its ballistic missiles programme, as a US magazine pointed a finger at Israel.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended the ceremony, held in Tehran, in honour of Major General Hassan Moqaddam and seven other Guards members, according to footage aired by state television.
Moqaddam, responsible for industrial research to ensure the Guards' self-sufficiency in armaments, specialised in artillery during the 1980s Iraq-Iran war before founding the force's ballistic programme, according to information provided by officials in Tehran.
The 17 Revolutionary Guards were killed on Saturday in an explosion described as accidental by Iran that rocked a military base in Bid Ganeh, on the western outskirts of Tehran."

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