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  1. Apr 2, 2024 · Tehran, Iran – Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been assassinated by Israel in Syria. He was killed with six ...

  2. Apr 3, 2024 · He had significant career overlaps with the late Ahmad Kazemi, who was killed in a mysterious plane crash in 2006. Kazemi commanded both the IRGC’s ground force and air force, and Zahedi succeeded him in both positions. Like Zahedi, Kazemi hailed from Isfahan and commanded the 14th Imam Hossein Division at one point during the Iran-Iraq War.

  3. Apr 1, 2024 · Zahedi is believed to be the most senior Iranian representative ever killed on Syrian soil, often accompanying the IRGC Commander-in-Chief on his trips to the Levant. This high-ranking member of the elite al-Quds force led the air and ground forces of this branch of the Revolutionary Guards, which specializes in operations abroad. According to ...

  4. Brig Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, the most senior victim of the strike, is described by Iranian media as “the defender of the holy shrine” – a likely reference to the Shiite religious site the ...

  5. Zahedi, 63, had held a succession of commands in a Guards career spanning more than 40 years and was the most important Iranian military official killed since a United States missile strike at ...

  6. Apr 2, 2024 · Zahedi was born on November 2, 1960 in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, and joined the Revolutionary Guards at the age of 20. He fought in its ranks in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. During the eight-year war, he served in a series of operational positions, including commander of the Imam Ali Platoon No. 14 (1983-1986).

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  8. Apr 2, 2024 · Zahedi joined the IRGC the following year, when he was 20, at the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War. Both men rose to prominence in the ranks of the special-operations Quds Force over the ensuing ...

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