The head of the Revolutionary Guards, General Hossein Salami, on Monday May 30 accused the “ Zionists ” of having killed one of his colonels on May 22 in Tehran. Read alsoParis denounces the seizure of two Greek oil tankers by Iran The officer was killed “ by the most vicious people, that is to say the Zionists. And God willing, we will avenge his death ,” the general said, according to a statement. He did not, however, utter the term " Zionist regime ", used by Tehran to designate the State of Israel.