IRGC colonel killed in Iran: he could be responsible for the supply of Iranian kamikaze drones to Russia

The incident follows weeks of violent crackdown by the IRGC on protesters in the country.

Both were shot dead in a car in the Iranian city of Zahedan / photo: depositphotos.com
Both were shot dead in a car in the Iranian city of Zahedan / photo: depositphotos.com

Colonel and General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Mehdi Mollashakhi and Javad Keyha were killed in Iran .

Both were shot dead in a car in the Iranian city of Zahedan, the capital of the country’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balochistan, Iranian media reported. reported .

The incident is said to follow weeks of brutal crackdown by the IRGC and other Iranian security forces on protesters in Zahedan, who joined nationwide anti-government protests sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini.

RBC-Ukraine, citing the Iranian publication  Tasnim  , reports that those killed were also responsible for the supply of Iranian kamikaze drones to the Russian Federation.

(C)UNIAN 2022

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