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IRGC general killed in Iraq’s Mosul

Politics Materials 27 May 2017 17:10 (UTC +04:00)
A senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in Iraq’s Mosul city during the ongoing fight against the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, ISIS aka ISIL)
IRGC general killed in Iraq’s Mosul

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 27

By Fatih Karimov – Trend:

A senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in Iraq’s Mosul city during the ongoing fight against the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, ISIS aka ISIL), semi-official Tasnim news agency reported May 27.

General Shaban Nasiri, high-ranking commander of the IRGC, was killed during clashes with the IS in the area between Qairawan and Baaj on May 26.

The report said that he was already in Syria for a long time to "protect the holy shrine of Zaynab [a daughter of first Shia Imam Ali]".

It is while Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, chief of the IRGC, said in November 2016 that Iran has not sent off any troops to the city of Mosul as Iraq’s Popular Mobilization (Hashd al-Shaabi/volunteer forces) perform very well and they do not need any assistance from Iranians.

Iran has recently appointed Iraj Masjedi, an IRGC general, as a new ambassador to Iraq.

Masjedi is a senior adviser to Major General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC Quds Force, which is responsible for operations outside of Iran, including Iraq and Syria.

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