(New York Times) Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman - According to a U.S. intelligence official, Israel informed American officials that it was behind the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Col. Hassan Sayad Khodayari in Tehran on Sunday. The U.S. has designated the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group and has refused an Iranian demand that the designation be removed as a condition for restoring the 2015 nuclear deal. The Israelis told the Americans the killing was meant as a warning to Iran to halt the operations of a covert group within the IRGC Quds Force known as Unit 840, which is tasked with abductions and assassinations of foreigners around the world, including Israeli civilians and officials. A Telegram channel affiliated with the Quds Force said the colonel was known in the field by the alias "Colonel Shekar," Persian for hunter.
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