Large Crowd Attends Funeral Of Anti-Taliban General Killed In Tehran
A large number of Afghan migrants attended the funeral of Ikramuddin Sari, a former Afghan police commander and prominent opponent of the Taliban, in Tehran on Saturday.
A large number of Afghan migrants attended the funeral of Ikramuddin Sari, a former Afghan police commander and prominent opponent of the Taliban, in Tehran on Saturday.
Sari was assassinated in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, December 24. Mohammad Amin Almas, a former battalion commander in the Afghan army, was also killed in the attack.
The funeral ceremony was held on Saturday afternoon in the Chahardangeh area of Tehran, where mourners gathered in large numbers to pay their respects.
The killing marked the third assassination of Taliban opponents in Iran in the past four months. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. However, anti-Taliban groups, including the Afghanistan Freedom Front and the National Resistance Front, have accused the Taliban of involvement.
So far, neither the Taliban nor the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued an official response to the killing.
Several Iranian media outlets have criticised the authorities’ silence over the assassinations of Taliban opponents, describing the group as an unreliable partner. Some newspapers have also questioned Iran’s decision to hand over Afghanistan’s embassy and consulates to the Taliban, arguing that the group has carried out assassination operations reaching as far as Tehran.
A number of Afghan political parties and factions have called on Iranian authorities to conduct a transparent investigation into the killings of Taliban opponents and to make the findings public.
