IRGC commander martyred in Syria

December 14, 2015 - 0:0

TEHRAN - Another commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has been martyred in Syria.

Martyr Brigadier General Hossein Fadayee, alias Zolfaqar, was one of the commanders of Fatemiyoun brigade and was martyred in Syria in the past few days while providing military advice to the Syrian army in the battle against the terrorists, the Fars news agency reported.
Late last month, three Iranian Sunni forces along with a senior commander were killed in Syria.

Salman Barjasteh, Marda Abdollahi and Omar Mollazehi were the three Sunni fighters from Iran’ Southeastern province of Zahedan who were killed in Aleppo, Northern Syria.

Also, Brigadier General Abdolreza Mojiri, the commander of Imam Hossein battalion 123 of Isfahan province was also martyred, while playing a military consulting role in Syria.

Iran’s Sunni population has different occasions shown its strong opposition to the ISIL and other terrorist groups’ crimes in regional countries, especially Iraq and Syria.

MD/