According To Iran News, The spokesperson for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani who was martyred in Iraq on Friday has several replacements.

In comments on Friday, General Ramezan Sharif said the IRGC is going to “open a new chapter” after the martyrdom of General Soleimani in the US airstrike and the front of resistance is going to set out a new starting point.

The spokesman also noted that the late commander has multiple substitutes, although the IRGC does not deem it appropriate to publicize the names of his replacements.

He further stressed that Iran will soon exact revenge for the martyrdom of Major General Soleimani, adding, “Such momentary joy of Americans will definitely turn into mourning not too late, and we will take revenge for the blood of that glorious martyr.”

“Our determination to take revenge against the US and Zionism will be strengthened,” Sharif added.

The White House and the Pentagon confirmed the assassination of General Soleimani in Iraq, saying the attack was carried out at the direction of US President Donald Trump.

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According To Iran News, The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the main elements behind recent riots in a number of cities in Iran have been arrested by the IRGC Intelligence Organization.

Speaking to Tasnim, General Ramezan Sharif highlighted the enemies’ major role in provoking the riots in Iran and said, “The enemies of the Islamic Revolution and the zealous nation of Iran are looking for opportunities to make up for their failures and defeats…”

The commander further appreciated the efforts of the security forces in separating counter-revolutionaries and hooligans from the ordinary people in the recent protests and said the forces managed to control about 100 cities involved in the riots.

The spokesman went on to say that the country’s intelligence organizations, especially the IRGC Intelligence Organization, have been able to arrest the ringleaders of the violent protests.

Following a hike in the price of gasoline last week, a number of Iranian cities saw sporadic protests that turned violent in some cases. A number of banks and government buildings were set ablaze.

Meanwhile, anti-Iranian media outlets as well as some Western officials voiced their support for the rioters who took advantage of the protests in a number of Iranian cities.

In an address on Sunday morning, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei warned that the sporadic protests and acts of vandalism in Iran would create insecurity.

Describing insecurity as the worst calamity for society, the Leader said that “all evil centers in the world” have mobilized efforts in recent days to encourage unrest in Iran.

Ayatollah Khamenei also called on the Iranian authorities to be careful that the rise in the price of fuel would not increase the price of other commodities.

The Leader also called on the people to separate themselves from a group of thugs who are encouraged by the foreign-based anti-Iranian front to foment insecurity.

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The IRGC is well prepared in the area of health and medical assistance and its equipment and facilities are ready to be used when need be, General Ramezan Sharif said on Monday.

He added that in a telephone call with the commander of the IRGC of Kermanshah Province, he was informed that the incident was not too serious.

More than 630 people were injured in the magnitude 6.4 earthquake near the border with Iraq on Sunday night.

According to Tehran’s Institute of Geophysics, the quake struck 17 km west of the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab, 18 km from Qasr-e Shirin and 33 km from the city of Gilan-e-Gharb in Kermanshah province.

The institute put the magnitude of the quake at 6.4. It was followed by a number of aftershocks ranging from 3-5.2 degrees on the Richter scale.

The tremor was also felt in most cities in Kermanshah and Ilam provinces as well as in Tabriz and Urmia, the capital cities of East and West Azarbaijan provinces, respectively.

It also jolted the Iraqi capital Baghdad and Kuwait.

Some 630 people were injured following the quake and its aftershocks.

“…No fatalities have been reported,” Houshang Bazvand, governor of Kermanshah province, told state TV.

“No reports of any fatalities yet and most of the injured were hurt while fleeing, not due to quake damage,” Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of Iran’s emergency services, also confirmed.

Iran, which sits on several geological fault lines, is prone to earthquakes and suffers a quake per day on average.

In November 2017, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Kermanshah Province, killing more than 600 and injuring more than 9,000.

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