Latest Iranian officer killed in Syria: IRGC brigadier general

The Iranian media reported Wednesday that Mohsen Ghajarian, a brigadier general in the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The circumstances and date of his death were not given. Ghajarian was a veteran officer who had served in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Seven IRGC fighters were killed in Aleppo on Tuesday but the Iranian media did not provide any details except for their names.