Three more Revolutionary Guard commanders die
Lieutenant Brigadier General Ahmad Mansouri, a senior official in the office of Khamenei's representative to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, passed away after a heart attack. Two other Revolutionary Guard commanders -- Colonel Najaf-Ali Kheirollahi, commander of Guard forces in the Selseleh district of Lorestan, and Colonel Nasir Pour, head of the district forces' intelligence unit -- were killed in a car accident near the town of Khorramabad.
Ten additional Guard commanders have died in the past several months. On April 21, Brigadier General Gholamreza Ghasemi, former commander of the Army's 92d Armored Division who led the operation to liberate the town of Sousangerd in Khuzestan province during the war with Iraq, passed away. This past winter, five high-ranking Guard officers died within a few days of each other: Vafa Ghaffarian, 52; Abbas Mohri, 52; Ahmad Sayyafzadeh, 55, an important Guard commander during the war with Iraq; Mansoor Torkan, 50; and Ahmad Sodagar, 51. Brigadier General Seyyed Mohammad Ali Mousavi, 47, deputy chief of Army intelligence, also passed away a few months ago. Colonel Seyyed Ali Shadmehr and two other senior officers were killed last year in what was reported to be a car accident while they were returning to Tehran after completing a mission. While the death of such a large number of senior officers over a relatively short period of time may be purely coincidental, it has given rise to considerable speculation in cyberspace, particularly since Khamenei has been silent about the deaths, whereas in the past he always sent messages of condolence to the families of senior officers who had died.
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Lieutenant Brigadier General Ahmad Mansouri, a senior official in the office of Khamenei's representative to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, passed away after a heart attack. Two other Revolutionary Guard commanders -- Colonel Najaf-Ali Kheirollahi, commander of Guard forces in the Selseleh district of Lorestan, and Colonel Nasir Pour, head of the district forces' intelligence unit -- were killed in a car accident near the town of Khorramabad.
Ten additional Guard commanders have died in the past several months. On April 21, Brigadier General Gholamreza Ghasemi, former commander of the Army's 92d Armored Division who led the operation to liberate the town of Sousangerd in Khuzestan province during the war with Iraq, passed away. This past winter, five high-ranking Guard officers died within a few days of each other: Vafa Ghaffarian, 52; Abbas Mohri, 52; Ahmad Sayyafzadeh, 55, an important Guard commander during the war with Iraq; Mansoor Torkan, 50; and Ahmad Sodagar, 51. Brigadier General Seyyed Mohammad Ali Mousavi, 47, deputy chief of Army intelligence, also passed away a few months ago. Colonel Seyyed Ali Shadmehr and two other senior officers were killed last year in what was reported to be a car accident while they were returning to Tehran after completing a mission. While the death of such a large number of senior officers over a relatively short period of time may be purely coincidental, it has given rise to considerable speculation in cyberspace, particularly since Khamenei has been silent about the deaths, whereas in the past he always sent messages of condolence to the families of senior officers who had died.
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/front...tutional-iaea-agent-killed.html#ixzz1uQ5xEjoX
