Iranians killed in Israel’s first attack in Iraq named, buried with military honors

Tehran on Wednesday, July 31, for the first time began naming Iranians killed in what were called “Israeli and United States attacks” in Iraq. The Iranians have never before identified the men killed in Israeli strikes – either in Syria or Iraq. Neither have they directly tied those attacks to the United States.
One Iranian notice lists Abu Alfazi Sarabian, “a senior commander of the Al Qods Brigades of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps,” as having lost his life on July 19 in the Israeli attack on the pro-Iranian 52nd Brigade of the Hashd Shaabi Iraqi militia at a Badr Brigades base, near the town of Amerli in the province of Salahudin northwest of Baghdad.
According to Western intelligence sources, the base was struck by three Israel Harop explosive drones, ferried by Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter bombers through Jordan’s air space up to the Iraqi town of Ar-Rutbah. From there, the drones were launched against their target.

Iraqi sources report that the Iranian officer Sarabian died in an explosion in an area used to store solid fuel for missiles, without explaining what a senior Iranian officer was doing there, or which missiles required solid fuel. DEBKAfile’s military sources interpret the Iraqi disclosure as tantamount to corroboration of the function of the Badr Brigades base as hosting IRGC Iranian ballistic missiles which are powered by solid fuel.
All the Iranian victims of the Israeli attack were described as being granted full honors at military ceremonies in Tehran, before being flown for burial directly to their home towns. Abu Alfazi Sarabian’s remains were carried to Kermanshah.

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42 thoughts on “Iranians killed in Israel’s first attack in Iraq named, buried with military honors

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 16:17 at 16:17
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    May they multiply…and they will !

    • Jul 31, 2019 @ 17:49 at 17:49
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      That means israel never killed iranians before?

      • Aug 1, 2019 @ 5:45 at 5:45
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        100% God bless ISRAEL

    • Jul 31, 2019 @ 19:10 at 19:10
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      IRGC must Stays in Iran As they Die & Buried in Other Lands. The Iranian Shiia Regime Can’t Afford Proxies since Proxies Won’t Die for Ayatollahs Anymore Either! Why IRGC is Doomed Either Way! D.O.A. & D.B.W. Dead On Arrival & Done By Women!

      • Aug 1, 2019 @ 0:30 at 0:30
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        @Ginger – your English is getting slightly better.

        • Aug 1, 2019 @ 1:11 at 1:11
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          Thank you, David, so is your Thinking!

        • Aug 2, 2019 @ 6:10 at 6:10
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          Martyrdom is an Honor for every Shia Believer! If you don’t long for Martyrdom in a battlefield against an infidel you are a fake shia. The more we die the more we come. Quran asks Jews, if you are a true believer then seek Martyrdom! But Allah knows they are cowards and don’t have conviction of their faith.
          Anyways, Imam Khomeini ordered an army of 20 million soldiers for the final battle to contribute towards the ultimate army of 200 million soldiers.
          Time has come as Iran has over 20 million able body trained men ready to lay down their lives for the promise of victory!

          • Aug 2, 2019 @ 15:11 at 15:11
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            So your are a true Shia’a believer and ready to martyr yourself ? Or just another keyboard tough guy spouting about what others will do?

          • Aug 2, 2019 @ 15:15 at 15:15
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            And when they attempt to harm Israel, the Israelis will arrange for each of them to be laid into the ground.

    • Aug 1, 2019 @ 5:43 at 5:43
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      I’m with yo,God bless IDF !!!!!!!

    • Aug 2, 2019 @ 6:10 at 6:10
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      Martyrdom is an Honor for every Shia Believer! If you don’t long for Martyrdom in a battlefield against an infidel you are a fake shia. The more we die the more we come. Quran asks Jews, if you are a true believer then seek Martyrdom! But Allah knows they are cowards and don’t have conviction of their faith.
      Anyways, Imam Khomeini ordered an army of 20 million soldiers for the final battle to contribute towards the ultimate army of 200 million soldiers.
      Time has come as Iran has over 20 million able body trained men ready to lay down their lives for the promise of victory!

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 17:40 at 17:40
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    Newsflash: more strikes coming soon.

    • Jul 31, 2019 @ 19:37 at 19:37
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      The only Occupation IRGC has Occupied is Absorbing The Reality of Fate Plotting Next Future Dark Move, becoming very Bitter now? IRGC Brought up under Ayatollahs once had Plans to Buy Houses but suddenly everything is changing into a New Shock & Awe! Surely the IRGC would be Tougher, But Never Fight & Ashamed being Wiped Away as just a Memory. Remember, Hussein’s Republican Guard Corp Ending in Kuwait & Iraq, Dead, Buried, Running?

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 17:57 at 17:57
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    It’s an honor to drive the Iranians out.

    • Jul 31, 2019 @ 19:43 at 19:43
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      Yasmine, Makes Good Point, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp Morphing into the Iraqi Republican Guard Corp Ending in Iraq, Both Shiia Regimes means Iranian Families are Buying Coffins not Houses Anymore!

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 18:22 at 18:22
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    The Harop! The stone in the Persian shoe is now falling in its backyard. Soon it’ll be raining in Tehran.

    • Jul 31, 2019 @ 19:15 at 19:15
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      IRGC did well to carry the bodies in body-bags and speed bury them in coffins. But why the trouble to find body-bags and coffins after the fact, when the burial was so obviously foreseeable?

      The error general Salami often does is not to deploy personal coffins that could have also possibly save IRGC lives, but for sure prevent the rush to bring the coffins in. His is sending his Iranian guards people out of Iran completely WITHOUT personal coffins or as a minimum with personal Kevlar body-bags.

      Where could his Iranian guards find a snake hole to hide fast when the IAF pilots start to look from above to the guards military base? With a personal coffin handy right under the bed or a body-bag in the rucksack the situation changes a lot. In just a second the guard jumps in and it is relatively safe. This should give confidence to the troops and it is good for the morale. Plus, it is dual-purpose, just in case, which often arrives just as seen here with the officers sleeping on solid fuel.

      In conclusion, provide dedicated coffins to Iranian personnel and ban sleeping on solid fuel, let them sleep only in their own beds, preferably only on Iranian territory.

      • Jul 31, 2019 @ 19:38 at 19:38
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        Countries afflicted with 12 Blackbeards piracy and Shiite terrorism must expect and plan for permanent full honors military ceremonies.

        The only problem is the deforestation. But, but carefully planing the troops deployment ahead and in function of coffins availability should mitigate the risks.

        • Jul 31, 2019 @ 20:05 at 20:05
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          Aladdin, is Correct soon the Remarkable Persian Women, Kurds, Armenians, and a Few IRGC it is Easier to Remove 12 Shiia Ayatollah’s Billionaires Thieves to Survive, Thrive & Save Iran’s People with Help from Covert Cowboys, Cossack’s, Compatriots, Comrades & National Intelligence Agency of Israel!

      • Aug 1, 2019 @ 0:33 at 0:33
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        @Yasmin – Is that you Ginger!?

        • Aug 1, 2019 @ 1:14 at 1:14
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          David… Sorry now Your Thinking is Regressing Again, Read More It Will Help You!!

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 19:17 at 19:17
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    Where, Are the Posters that Claim it Never Happen & Posters that Claim Iran is Winning Propaganda Media & Mideast Conflicts in Iraq, Yemen, Gaza, and Syria? The Iranian Regime is becoming more Isolated Globally, Mideast, and within Iran more Alone than Ever! Like Iran Posters Don’t Know & Separation Coming!!

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 19:44 at 19:44
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    The Iranian leaders know they are loosing the people because of the sanctions, this will unite the people with the government. A common enemy unites.

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 20:30 at 20:30
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    No Iranian prayers for their arrival in paradise? So sad. But the world is a better place.

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 20:49 at 20:49
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    Just the first of many, . . . not seen, not heard, not anticipated, not watched for: Iranian military is not equal to the boy scouts of America.

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 20:52 at 20:52
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    Lewis Parker… just the Opposite is Happening! The Young People of Iran will Not Unite Nor Stand for this Old Ayatollah! He is a Shiia Sword with Two Edges? They Don’t Remember the Iran-Iraq War Deaths but would Equally Glad to be Rid of His Khamenei Regime. It is different Time & the Elderly Iranians Families Still Recall A Million Deaths with Wounded! The Khomeini-Khamenei Shiia Sword of 1979, 1989, 2019 Cutting Itself!

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 21:10 at 21:10
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    How can they fornicate with 70 virgins if they’re blown to bits in a million pieces?

    • Jul 31, 2019 @ 21:52 at 21:52
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      Iran Age Structure: 2017 Census:
      0-14 Years: 24.19% Male-10.1 – Female-9.63 Million
      15-24 Years: 14.69% Male 6.3 -Female 5.88 Million
      25-54 Years: 48.57% Male 20.3 – Female 19.5 Million
      55-64 Years: 7.21% Male 29.1 – Female 29.9 Million
      65+ Years: 5.32% Male 2.02 – Female 2,33 Million

      • Aug 1, 2019 @ 3:30 at 3:30
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        Your math is a little off as the population of Iran is approximately 82 million.

        • Aug 1, 2019 @ 5:11 at 5:11
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          Math… Welcome all Corrections and Note your reading is Off Too, Those are 2017 Statistics Rounded Off, You Are Free to Post 2019 Figures. Thank You!

          • Aug 1, 2019 @ 15:36 at 15:36
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            Ummmm, your numbers indicate almost 130,000,000 population. The number I stated was rounded up to the next million. Let’s round down and say 81,000,000 million. That’s a discrepancy of 49,000,000. Oh, and the 81,000,000 number is from 2017.

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 21:17 at 21:17
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    It takes more than camo and firearms to make a “military”.
    If the day ever comes when the US gives its (true) military the green light to give Persia an
    IRGC-ectomy, the world will see that the IRGC was nothing but posers all along.

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 21:38 at 21:38
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    i see now iran is playing the victim poor me gaza game

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 21:44 at 21:44
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    Thank you, DEBKA, for the report.
    Please do note that Mr. Sarabian’s first name should be spelled: “Abolfazl” rather than “Abu Alfazi.”

    Cheers,

    Piyalechi.com

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 21:48 at 21:48
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    Osama bin Laden’s Son & Heir Hamza is Dead…D.O.A. Breaking News! R.I.P.

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 22:09 at 22:09
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    Italy must change the colors of the flag it cannot have the hkicstessi of these decerebrate idiots!

  • Jul 31, 2019 @ 23:06 at 23:06
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    They don’t seem very happy about attaining paradise!

  • Aug 2, 2019 @ 6:12 at 6:12
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    Martyrdom is an Honor for every Shia Believer! If you don’t long for Martyrdom in a battlefield against an infidel you are a fake shia. The more we die the more we come. Quran asks Jews, if you are a true believer then seek Martyrdom! But Allah knows they are cowards and don’t have conviction of their faith.
    Anyways, Imam Khomeini ordered an army of 20 million soldiers for the final battle to contribute towards the ultimate army of 200 million soldiers.
    Time has come as Iran has over 20 million able body trained men ready to lay down their lives for the promise of victory!

    • Aug 2, 2019 @ 10:06 at 10:06
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      Great news!! That will be 20 million less dopey people the world won’t have to worry about.
      Bring it on! Israel knows how to deal with every single one of them.

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