ISIL Claims Responsibility for Killing of Iranian General in Iraq

The Islamic State has claimed the killing of Brig. Gen. Hamid Taghvai, an IRGC commander, according to images posted on ISIL’s forums on Monday. (AFP, 29 December)

The IRGC announced the death of Gen. Taghvai on Sunday, saying he was killed in the city of Samarra by a sniper bullet. His funeral was held in Tehran on Monday.

Photo credit: Iranians carry the coffin of IRGC Brigadier General Hamid Taghvai killed in Samarra region in Iraq during his funeral in Tehran; 29 December 2014 (AFP)

Three IRGC Officers Killed in Baluchistan

Three IRGC officers were killed in an attack by armed men on a border post near the city of Saravan in Iranian Baluchistan late on Sunday. The Iranian media called the attackers either “armed bandits” or “terrorists.” It was not clear if they belonged to the Iranian Baluch insurgent group Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) that has been fighting the security forces in the region from their sanctuaries inside Pakistan.

File photo: An Iranian border guard in Baluchistan (FNA)

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.