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Two Iran Guards killed in aircraft crash during combat

By AFP
November 05, 2024
Irans elite Revolutionary Guard special forces participate in military maneuvers at an undisclosed location. — AFP/File
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard special forces participate in military maneuvers at an undisclosed location. — AFP/File

TEHRAN: An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general and pilot were killed in an aircraft crash during an anti-terror operation in the country´s restive southeast, state media reported on Monday.

The “ultra-light gyroplane” of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “had an accident while conducting combat operations” in a border area, IRNA news agency said.It said the crash happened in Sirkan, a city in Sistan-Baluchistan province, and identified the dead as General Hamid Mazandarani, the commander of the Nineveh Brigade of Golestan province, and Hamed Jandaghi, a pilot of the IRGC ground forces.