Tehran: Iran general killed in Israeli airstrike in Syria
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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2008, file photo, Hezbollah Deputy Leader Sheikh Naim Kassem, left, greats Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of slain top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, during a rally to commemorate Imad and two other leaders Abbas Musawi and Ragheb Harb in the Shiite suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. A Hezbollah official said Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, that an Israeli strike in the Syrian Golan Heights killed Jihad Mughniyeh and four other fighters from the Lebanese Shiite militant group.
Tehran: Iran general killed in Israeli airstrike in Syria
By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press : January 19, 2015 : Updated: January 19, 2015 6:20am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Tehran has confirmed that an Iranian general was among the seven killed in what the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group has described as an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
The confirmation came in a statement published on Monday on the website of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
It says Iranian Gen. Mohammad Ali Allahdadi was killed in Sunday's strike in the Golan Heights, which also killed six Hezbollah fighters including the son of a top Hezbollah operative assassinated in 2008 in Damascus.
The statement says Gen. Allahdadi was on assignment in Syria, giving "crucial advice" to Syrians fighting terrorists, a reference to Sunni rebels and Islamic extremists.