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Member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Assassinated in Tehran

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Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was assassinated in Tehran at 4pm today, PressTV reported. He was shot five times, of which three hit him in the head, by two motorcyclists as he was about to leave his car near Mojahedin-e-Islam Street. IRNA news agency described Sayyad Khodai as a "defender of the sanctuary" - a term reserved for IRGC members operating in Syria and Iraq, namely those who fought Daesh*.The news agency said that the attackers fled the scene and were chased by the "intelligence and security forces". There have been no reports of their arrest or neutralisation, but IRNA said an investigation was opened into the incident.Iranian media has not released any further details about the assassination. No group has taken responsibility for the killing of the IRGC member so far. The IRGC called the assassination a terrorist attack committed by "counter-revolutionary elements".The IRGC is an independent branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, which has its own units and intelligence operating both at home and abroad. The force even orders its own military R&D projects to arm itself.In November 2020, one of Iran's prominent scientists, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi was also assassinated in broad daylight in Absard, a city near Tehran. Israel claimed that the scientist was behind Iran's nuclear programme and several Israeli officials made veiled hints that Tel Aviv was behind the daring assassination.

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Member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Assassinated in Tehran

14:36 GMT 22.05.2022 (Updated: 15:37 GMT 22.05.2022)

© AFP 2023 / -A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on September 22, 2019 shows President Hassan Rouhani (C) and other top military commanders watching members the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) marching past during the annual "Sacred Defence Week" military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran. - Rouhani said on September 22 that the presence of foreign forces creates "insecurity" in the Gulf, after the US ordered the deployment of more troops to the region. "Foreign forces can cause problems and insecurity for our people and for our region," Rouhani said in a televised speech at the annual military parade, adding that Iran would present to the UN a regional cooperation plan for peace. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP)

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on September 22, 2019 shows President Hassan Rouhani (C) and other top military commanders watching members the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) marching past during the annual Sacred Defence Week military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran. - Rouhani said on September 22 that the presence of foreign forces creates insecurity in the Gulf, after the US ordered the deployment of more troops to the region. Foreign forces can cause problems and insecurity for our people and for our region, Rouhani said in a televised speech at the annual military parade, adding that Iran would present to the UN a regional cooperation plan for peace. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP) - Sputnik International, 1920, 22.05.2022

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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a separate branch of Iran's Armed Forces which carries out missions both at home and abroad. It has its own units and even conducts its own R&D in the military sphere.

The news agency said that the attackers fled the scene and were chased by the "intelligence and security forces". There have been no reports of their arrest or neutralisation, but IRNA said an investigation was opened into the incident.

Iranian media has not released any further details about the assassination. No group has taken responsibility for the killing of the IRGC member so far. The IRGC called the assassination a terrorist attack committed by "counter-revolutionary elements".

The IRGC is an independent branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, which has its own units and intelligence operating both at home and abroad. The force even orders its own military R&D projects to arm itself.

In November 2020, one of Iran's prominent scientists, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi was also assassinated in broad daylight in Absard, a city near Tehran. Israel claimed that the scientist was behind Iran's nuclear programme and several Israeli officials made veiled hints that Tel Aviv was behind the daring assassination.