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Iran Revolutionary Guards chief targeted in French criminal complaint

Plaintiffs in Paris accuse Hossein Salami of death threats. © ATTA KENARE / AFP/File

Paris (AFP) – The commander-in-chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, is one of three senior officials targeted in a rare criminal complaint filed with Paris prosecutors Thursday.

Along with Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib and Al-Quds force chief Esmail Qaani, Salami is accused of "death threats and justifying terrorism," a lawyer for the six Iranian and Franco-Iranian plaintiffs said.

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