It takes some pretty good intel to pick off the top brass like that. One stars are a big deal in the IRGC, where the top commander is a two star.
Qassim Sulemani has suddenly started burying some of his oldest and closest comrades.
Is the Syrian side is riddled with turncoats, or somebody is providing signals intelligence?
Maybe it is just such a mess that no where is safe, and looking special draws fire.
Killed in the last year:
Brigadier General Reza Khavari, (former CG of the Fatemiyoun Division)
Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani,
Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Allah-Dadi,
Brigadier General Hamid Taqavi,
Colonel Mostafa Ezzatollah Soleimani, (former SpecOps commander)
IRGC was about the best path to wealth in Iran, where the State dominates the economy. It is starting to look like a less appealing career. Maybe they will prefer new leadership at some point...
All of the above is, indeed, a plausible possibility. This is such a mess.
Pray for our deployed over there——for their safety and successful and happy hunting.