Today, Tuesday, Iranians mourned the leader of the Revolutionary Guard, Abbas Nilfroshan, in Tehran, before transporting him to his final resting place in his hometown of Isfahan.
Israel assassinated Nilfrushan in a raid on The southern suburb of Beirut On September 27, during a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah.
Who is Abbas Nilforshan?
child Nilvrushan In Isfahan in 1966, about a year after the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
He began his military career by joining the Basij mobilization forces For the Revolutionary GuardHe officially joined the Revolutionary Guard during the Iran-Iraq War.
Abbas Nelifroshan assumed ground operations duties in the Revolutionary Guard between 2005 and 2007. He holds the rank of brigadier general in the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard.
He obtained a doctorate in strategic management from Imam Hussein Military University in Tehran. He taught at the Military University of National Defense.
In addition, Nilifurushan wrote many books, most notably on the doctrine of emerging wars.
In 2019, he served as Deputy Commander of Ground Forces Operations in the Revolutionary Guards, succeeding Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
Nilforshan took over the files of Syria and Lebanon, after an operation Zahedi assassination In an Israeli raid that targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus in early April.
He assumed the task of advising Hezbollah during the “operation”Support Gaza“, which began on October 8, 2023.
On October 14, the Revolutionary Guard announced that the body of Abbas Nilfroshan was found at the site of Nasrallah’s assassination in the southern suburb of Beirut.
In a statement, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the assassination of Nilfaroushan as an “unforgivable crime,” stressing that Tehran will use all its capabilities to respond and hold Israel accountable, while the Revolutionary Guards vowed to respond to the assassination.