Iran’s Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani under suspicion as Israeli spy, reportedly missing
Tehran: Iran’s Quds Force commander, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, has reportedly disappeared after his recent visit to Lebanon, sparking allegations that he may be a Mossad agent.
Qaani, who travelled to Lebanon following the assassination of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike, has not been seen or heard from since. Sources cited by The Sun claim that Qaani is currently under house arrest and is being interrogated on suspicions of espionage for Israel.
Officials indicate that Qaani was in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Dahiyeh, during a strike aimed at senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, although he was not meeting Safieddine at the time.
Esmail Qaani assumed leadership of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani in 2020. His role involves managing Tehran's paramilitary allies across the Middle East and globally.
However, his influence has not reached the same levels as his predecessor, and Iranian proxies such as Hezbollah have faced mounting pressure, particularly from Israeli forces, under his command.
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Maharashtra Cong chief Nana Patole scrapes through in Sakoli, wins by 208 votes
Mumbai, Nov 23: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole survived a scare from his nearest BJP rival in the Sakoli assembly constituency but managed to win the tight contest by a narrow margin of 208 votes.
Patole, the incumbent Congress MLA from Sakoli, polled 96,795 votes, while his challenger from BJP, Avinash Brahmankar, came tantalisingly close to bagging 96,587 votes.
Independent nominee Somadatta Karanjekar was a distant third, bagging 18,309 votes.
While Patole managed to save the face with the thin margin, the Congress unit led by him and the Maha Vikas Aghadi were routed by the BJP-led Mahayuti in the one-sided contest.
