Iran’s international ministry has apparently denied stories {that a} senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander and three of his escorts have been killed in a drone strike on their automobile close to Iraq’s border with Syria.
“It appears to be pretend information,” ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh stated in a press briefing on Tuesday in Tehran. He added that he was unaware of the stories concerning the drone strike and directed additional inquiries to Iran’s army.
The commander was recognized as Muslim Shahdan in some stories on Monday. Two Iraqi officers reportedly informed Reuters that the commander’s automobile was struck on Sunday, shortly after crossing into Syria from Iraq at Al Qaim with a load of weapons. There was no declare of accountability for the alleged drone strike.
The stories got here lower than one week after Iran’s prime nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated on Friday whereas his convoy of bullet-proof automobiles was driving to Absard, east of Tehran.
Accounts of the incident shifted sharply on Sunday, with the semi-official Fars information company saying Fakhrizadeh was shot with a remotely operated machine gun. Earlier stories indicated that the convoy was ambushed by a 12-person commando crew, which was backed by a 50-person logistics group that infiltrated Iranian safety companies.
Iranian officers have blamed Israel for the killing of Fakhrizadeh, and state media reported on Sunday that the weapon used to kill the scientist was made in Israel.
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