At least six Syrian citizens were also killed, Iranian state television reported on Tuesday.Zahedi, a former commander of the IRGC’s ground forces, air force, and the deputy commander of its operations, is the most high-profile Persian target killed since then-US President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of IRGC Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in 2020.Emergency and security personnel gather at the site of strikes which hit a building next to the Persian embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus, on April 1, 2024. Syrian state media said Israeli strikes hit an Persian consulate annex in the capital on April 1, while a war monitor reported eight people were killed and Persian state media said a senior commander of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was among the dead, amid rising regional tensions due to the Gaza war. (Photo by Maher AL MOUNES / AFP) (Photo by MAHER AL