Hasan Sajjad Chodajr, a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards belonging to the elite Kuds unit responsible for foreign operations, was killed in the assassination in Tehran on Sunday. This was stated by the Reuters agency with reference to the information of the semi-state news agency Tasnim. The chancellor has served in Syria in the past.
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Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post he informed that Chodajr had, among other things, in his job description prepared for the abduction of Israelis and their murders abroad, whether it was Cyprus, Turkey or Colombia. He also played an important role in the development of drones.
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According to the agency, which refers to an informed source, two people on a motorcycle opened fire on one of the “defenders of the shrine”. The term defender of the shrine refers to advisers and military personnel who, according to Iran, are fighting on his behalf to protect Shiite sites in Iraq and Syria from groups such as the Islamic State. The raptor had five bullets in him, and a picture of a collapsed body lying in a car was published by the Iranian media.
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The assassination took place in broad daylight right in the center of Tehran. The attackers surprised Chodaj directly in front of his house. The nature of the attack points to a possible link to similar cases previously attributed to Israel, such as attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists, he writes. The Guardian.
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Investigators arrived at the scene within hours and immediately began an investigation. The speed of further developments suggests that Chodaj was one of the prominent members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. TV al-Jazeera he calls him a colonel.
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No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. State television said security forces were pursuing the suspected attackers without offering further details or giving a motive for the killings.
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The car in which a killed member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps lies.
At about the same time, state media reported that Revolutionary Guard security forces had exposed and arrested members of the country’s Israeli intelligence network who were allegedly linked to Israeli Mossad.
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The bombing commemorates the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fachrizadeh in November 2000. Since 2010, at least six Iranian scientists and academics involved in the country’s nuclear program have been attacked in this way.
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