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Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Nilforushan served as the IRGC’s deputy commander for operations, according to the statement, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Sepah News.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed on Sunday the death of one of its top commanders, Abbas Nilforoushan, in recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
In a statement carried by its official Sepah News newsletter, the IRGC said Nilforoushan, who served as a “military adviser in Lebanon, was martyred in terrorist attacks” on Friday in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, during which Hezbollah’s top leader, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, was also killed.
Nilforushan served as the IRGC’s deputy commander for operations, according to the statement, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Sepah News.
The IRGC strongly condemned Israel’s “crimes” in Lebanon, expressing its condolences over Nilforushan’s death.
(This story was not edited by News18 staff and was published by a syndicated news agency feed – IANS)
