A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, an officer with the rank of colonel, was assassinated today, Sunday, by shooting him near his home in eastern Tehran.
And the official IRNA news agency reported that “Sayyad Khodaei, one of the defenders of the Temple Mount, was assassinated by two people on a motorbike on Mujahideen Islam Street in Tehran.”
Iranian state media uses the term “sanctuary defender” to refer to members of the Revolutionary Guards who have carried out missions in Syria and Iraq.
In a statement posted on its website, the Revolutionary Guards confirmed that Khodaei is an officer with the rank of colonel, denouncing an operation it described as a “terrorist” targeting Khodaei, behind which were elements linked to “global arrogance”, a phrase used by the authorities of the Islamic Republic to refer to the United States and its allies, foremost among them. Israeli occupation .
In his statement, he confirmed the opening of an investigation to determine the identity of the aggressor or aggressors
