Iran denies IRGC commander killed along Syrian-Iraqi border

Reports claiming that a commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had been killed in western Iraq in a drone strike are most likely untrue, Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Said Khatib Zadeh said on Tuesday.

“Apparently, this is untrue, but a representative of the General Staff of the Iranian armed forces should speak on this issue. However, we have not heard any reliable information on this matter”, Zadeh said at a press briefing.

Tasnim news agency earlier cited informed sources as denying the reports that an airstrike by a drone had killed a commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in western Iraq on the border with Syria.