Iran says individuals held in connection with colonel's killing

The announcement was made as Israel and Iran traded more overt threats in their escalating war of words.   
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Mourners gather around the coffin of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Hassan Sayyad Khodai during a funeral procession at Imam Hussein Square in the capital Tehran, on May 24, 2022. - ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images
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Iran's judiciary has confirmed it was holding individuals accused of involvement in the high-profile killing of a colonel back in May that Tehran blamed on Israel's intelligence apparatus.

Judicial spokesperson Masoud Setayeshi said at a Sept. 13 press conference in Tehran that an investigation into the assassination of Hassan Sayyad Khodai was underway.

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