[BBC News] Iran's Revolutionary Guards leader Maj.-Gen. Mohammad Jafari wrote to Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah, following the killing of senior Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh, to extend "congratulations and condolences for the martyrdom." "We will soon witness the destruction of the cancerous scum of Israel at the strong, capable hands of Hizbullah," he wrote. In response, Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said: "We are not harboring any illusions about the Tehran regime's true intentions, nor its extremist agenda."
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