IRGC guardsmen, KIA in Iraq

 

Portraits from Iran media source of two IRGC guardsmen recently KIA during 2014 Northern Iraq Offensive.

Left: IRGC Colonel Shoja'at Alamdari Mourjani, believed to be advisor, non-aerial KIA by hostile rocket fire, in defense of Samarra, Iraq .

Right: IRGC member Kamal Shir Khani, believed to be advisor, KIA by hostile mortar fire, in defense of Samarra, Iraq.

Iranian Pilot Killed in Action in Iraq

Iran's official new agency IRNA reported today an Iranian pilot, IRGC Colonel Shoja'at Alamdari Mourjani, has been killed while fighting in Iraq.

Iran did not provide any details on Col. Alamdari's death, and it was not immediately known if he was killed while flying a combat aircraft, like one of Su-25 close air support aircraft that Iran transferred to Iraq recently, or whether he was killed in action on the ground. He could have been involved in advisory and training role with the Iraqi air force or operating Iranian UAVs over Iraq.

Photo credit: The funeral ceremony for IRGC Col. Alamdari Mourjani, KIA in Iraq. 5 July 2014, Shiraz. (FNA)