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Saturday, January 20, 2024
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Saturday, January 20, 2024
Iran names 5 IRGC officers killed in Damascus strike, including Syria intel chief and deputy
Nour News, which is believed to be close to Iran’s intelligence apparatus, has identified two of the dead in Damascus as Gen. Sadegh Omidzadeh, the intelligence deputy of the guard’s expeditionary Quds Force in Syria, and his deputy, who goes by the nom de guerre Hajj Gholam.
The guard later issued statements identifying the five dead as Hojjatollah Omidvar, Ali Aghazadeh, Hossein Mohammadi, Saeed Karimi and Mohammad Amin Samadi.
It gave no ranks for them.
The difference in information could not be immediately reconciled.
