Two unidentified gunmen killed the local commander of the Iranian Basij militia in Al-Ahwaz (Khuzestan) province early on Wednesday, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported.
Abdolhossein Mojaddami, the Basij commander of the Arab-populated southwestern city of Darkhowin, was shot and killed at his home by assailants on motorcycles.
The Basij are a volunteer militia which falls under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC).
Director of public relations office of the IRGC in Al-Ahwaz (Khuzestan), Mohammad Reza Nemati, said that the attackers fired four bullets at Mojaddami, according to IRNA.
Mojaddami’s murder comes almost 3 weeks after IRGC’s Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani’s killing by US airstrikes targeting him in Baghdad.
Mojaddami had fought in Syria and was close to Soleimani, according to Iran’s semi-official YJC news agency.
Source: Al Arabiya English
