Kiumars Pourhashemi
Posted on 12/23/2024 8:38:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv
On Sunday, December 22, the Chinese state-run CGTN's correspondent in Ankara reported, citing an Iranian security official, that Pourhashemi died after being shot by a Syrian officer during a meeting in a joint operations room in Aleppo.
According to the report by Yakup Aslan, the meeting included Iranian military advisors and Syrian army commanders and took place amid advances by rebel forces in the outskirts of Aleppo...
The report noted that IRGC commanders believed a counteroffensive against Assad's opposition, supported by Russian airpower, was possible at the time. However, Syrian commanders hesitated to issue the necessary orders...
Armed opposition forces, in a surprise 11-day operation that began in Idlib and Aleppo, reached Damascus on December 9, bringing an end to five decades of Assad family rule in Syria...
Tehran was one of Assad's primary backers. Previously, two former members of Iran's parliament separately confirmed that the Iranian government spent at least $30 billion to keep Assad in power. By other estimates, Iran has spent upwards of $50 billion in the Syrian civil war.
(Excerpt) Read more at iranintl.com ...
Wow. Firing on your allies. In a meeting.
The Assad commander thought the Iranian officials were asking them to commit suicice. /sarc
“”In a meeting.””
There was a movie where that happened - an old movie but I don’t remember which one....walked behind someone who was sitting at a large table and BANG!!!!! Mafia?
Gentlemen, there is no firing in the war room!
There was also the Spectre meeting at the beginning of Thunderball where Blofeld executes one of his employees. The chair slowly lowering beneath the floor with the electrocuted one was a nice touch.
Wow. Firing on your enemy. In a meeting.
From the article:
“a Syrian general entered the room and opened fire,” resulting in Pourhashemi’s death...
...(Chinese state-run CGTN’s correspondent in Ankara, Yakup) Aslan quoted an Islamic Republic security official saying that the shooter who killed Pourhashemi belonged to a tribe that had withdrawn its support for Assad.
The official added that two months earlier, the Islamic Republic had provided the Syrian government with information and documents about the Syrian officer’s connections to groups opposing Assad.”
Dead means dead. Who cares who gets credit?
Right, he knew what was coming and took out the Iranian. Smart move.
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