Iran’s Revolutionary Guards mentioned on Sunday that one in every of its officers, Colonel Sayad Khodai, was killed in a uncommon assassination in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim information company reported, Reuters stories.
Khodai was “one of many defenders of the shrine”, it mentioned, referring to army personnel or advisers which Iran says combat on its behalf to guard Shia websites in Iraq or Syria towards teams corresponding to Islamic State.
Two folks on a motorbike opened hearth on Khodai, Tasnim reported, citing an knowledgeable supply.