Ceremony to Commemorate IRGC Commander Martyred in Syria in 2015
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A ceremony will be held on Tuesday marking the 5th anniversary of the martyrdom of Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, who was killed by terrorist groups in Syria.
It will be organized in the martyr’s hometown of Assadabad, Hamedan Province, west of Iran.
The IRGC announced, in a statement on October 9, 2015, that Hamedani had been killed by the Takfiri Daesh terrorists during an advisory mission on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo.
He had been sent to Syria as a military adviser for the Syrian army in its fight against terrorist groups.
Hamedani had also played a leading role in establishing the IRGC.
