Nilforoushan, a prime commander of the Quds Drive, the IRGC’s overseas operations arm, was killed on September 27 alongside Nasrallah.
On October 1, the Revolutionary Guards fired some 200 missiles at Israel in retaliation for the killing of the final, in addition to Nasrallah and Ismail Haniyeh, the political chief of Iran-backed Palestinian group Hamas who was assassinated in Tehran in late July.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant vowed this week that his nation’s response could be “lethal, exact and stunning”.
Iran has promised to reply whether it is focused by arch-enemy Israel.
