Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Hossein Hamedani, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander recently killed in Syria, was on a recon mission in Aleppo when killed.
Shamkhani claimed Hamedani was on an advisory mission in Syria.
“Iran will never abandon Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen,” he said in reference to the Iranian regime’s continuing meddling in regional countries.
IRGC chief Mohammad Ali Jafari had also admitted to Hamedani’s critical role, saying Damascus would have fallen if it weren’t for Hamedani.