“Here lies the man who wanted to destroy Israel”

A 200-proof irony has emerged from the explosion at the Bigdaneh missile base west of Tehran on 12 November.  The explosion killed at least 27 people, including Major General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, head of the IRGC’s Self-Sufficiency and Industrial Research Center, the state enterprise that develops new weapons and weapons manufacturing capabilities, including strategic missiles.

According to Iranian press, quoted at Iran Daily Brief, General Moqaddam’s will contained the request that his headstone be inscribed as follows: