Israeli retired Brig. Gen. Shimon Shapira, a former military secretary to the prime minister, said the al-Khazali visit was part of a larger Iranian plan to use its growing influence in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and Lebanon to its strategic advantage.
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He joined the IRGC in 1979 at the ager of 22 and until 1982 was the militia’s commander in Tehran, writes Mr. Shapira.
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