{"id":46406,"date":"2026-04-10T05:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46406"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:51:53","slug":"irans-quds-force-chief-esmail-qaani-resurfaces-after-disappearance-sparks-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=46406","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Quds Force Chief Esmail Qaani Resurfaces After Disappearance Sparks Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, resurfaced on Thursday with a message to his forces, after an absence that led to speculation that he was killed by a U.S. or Israeli airstrike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qaani <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tasnimnews.ir\/fa\/news\/1405\/01\/20\/3561185\/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A2%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addressed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> his message to the \u201cmujahideen and brave men of the resistance front,\u201d and congratulated them for giving \u201cregrettable lessons to the enemies of humanity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qaani praised his troops as \u201cdecisive,\u201d \u201cbrave,\u201d and \u201cheroic,\u201d thanked them for making \u201cexemplary efforts\u201d during combat with Israel and the United States, and metaphorically \u201ckissed each of your hands\u201d to show his appreciation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Ratcliffe: CIA Deception Left Iran \u201cHumiliated\u201d in Rescue Mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v75ylss\/?pub=he97b\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qaani is the commander of the Quds Force, the unit of the IRGC that conducts terrorism and destabilization operations in foreign countries. He was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/policy-analysis\/who-esmail-qaani-new-chief-commander-irans-qods-force\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appointed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the post by former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in January 2020 after his predecessor, Brig. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, was eliminated by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Khamenei was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2026\/02\/28\/trump-confirms-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-is-dead-one-of-the-most-evil-people-in-history\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">killed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by an Israeli airstrike at the commencement of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qaani has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/bkjqzyo9wg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disappeared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from view before, prompting speculation he was eliminated by an airstrike, or perhaps even executed by the regime. His messages are generally written communiques or audio recordings of uncertain origin, rather than ironclad proof of life, keeping rumors of his demise from fading entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to his message of gratitude to IRGC forces, Qaani <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iranwire.com\/en\/news\/151005-qaani-warns-of-severe-punishment-after-naim-qassems-death\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">issued<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a statement on Friday blasting Israel for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2026\/04\/09\/israel-escalates-attacks-on-lebanon-as-iran-blocks-strait-of-hormuz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">killing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon with airstrikes on Thursday, and vowing revenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe history of the Zionist regime is full of crimes against humanity and the slaughter of innocent people, especially women and children. The criminal and child-killing Netanyahu, through today\u2019s atrocities in Lebanon, attempted to show that he is even more ruthless and cold-hearted than his supporter, the United States,\u201d his statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2026\/04\/09\/irans-quds-force-chief-esmail-qaani-resurfaces-after-disappearance-sparks-rumors\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, resurfaced on Thursday with a message to his forces, after an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}