TEHRAN – An Iranian general serving the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in Syria has been martyred, a report said on Sunday.

Brigadier Genral Qolamali Qolizadeh who had been dispatched to Syria to defend the holy shrine of Zeynab bint Ali (AS) was martyred in clashes with Takfiri terrorists, Fars news agency reported.

Qolizadeh had previously fought against the invading Saddam army against Iran in the 1980s. As the war in Syria broke out, he went to Syria to defend the holy shrine, the report added.

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