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Saturday, January 20, 2024
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Saturday, January 20, 2024
Top IRGC officer killed in Syria strike identified as Gen. Sadegh Omidzadeh
Nour News, which is believed to be close to Iran’s intelligence apparatus, identifies two of the dead in an alleged Israeli strike on 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 a statement identifying the dead as Hojjatollah Omidvar, Ali Aghazadeh, Hossein Mohammadi and Saeed Karimi. It gave no ranks for them. The difference in information could not be immediately reconciled.
Old photo circulating on pro-#Iran regime Telegram accounts of #IRGCterrorists' Quds Force Intelligence Deputy Sadegh Omidzadeh (on the far left). pic.twitter.com/OxsKyw3qqa
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) January 20, 2024
