DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media reported Saturday.
Nilforushan, 58, was killed Friday in the strike in Lebanon in which Nasrallah died, the state-owned newspaper Tehran Times reported. Ahmad Reza Pour Khaghan, the deputy head of Iran’s judiciary, also confirmed Nilforushan’s death, describing him as a “guest to the people of Lebanon,” the state-run IRNA news agency said.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has said some 45,000 Canadians could be in the country, though only about half that number have registered with the embassy in Beirut.
Joly said late in the afternoon on Monday that “in order to help Canadians leave the country expeditiously,” the government had secured an additional 800 seats over the next three days for Canadians, permanent residents and their immediate family. The next flight would leave on Tuesday, she said.
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“If you are a Canadian citizen in Lebanon, you must leave now,” she said in a social media post. “If you are offered a seat, take it now.”
