Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami appointed Brigadier General Seyed Mohammad Hejazi as the new deputy commander of the IRGC Qods Force .

Cultural Chief of Iraq Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) Seyed Hashem al-Heidari said nothing but annihilation of Israel and the US can compensate for the assassination of IRGC Qods Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.