{"id":122085,"date":"2024-11-04T20:55:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122085"},"modified":"2024-11-04T20:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:55:51","slug":"top-iran-military-commander-killed-in-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122085","title":{"rendered":"Top Iran Military Commander Killed in Plane Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two members of Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) died in a gyroplane crash near Sirkan, a city in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan, on Monday according to the Fars News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>One of the dead named in the report was Brigadier General Hamid Mazandarani, commander of the Nineveh Brigade. His pilot was also reported to have been killed.<\/p>\n<p>Detailing the crash, a report on the Fars News Agency website says: &#8220;An Iranian general and pilot were martyred in an ultra-light gyroplane crash during a counterterrorism maneuver in the Southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on Monday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report also details that the &#8220;ultralight aircraft was conducting a combat operation during a military exercise when it crashed&#8221; and that the crash followed the deaths of 10 Iranian law enforcement members days earlier after a terrorist attack in the Gohar Kuh district of Taftan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\" style=\"height:0;padding-bottom:66.65%\">\n<picture class=\"mapping-embed\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.webp?w=790&amp;f=a83210e241247143c1bf8ecb7361eb31 1x\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.jpg?w=790&amp;f=a83210e241247143c1bf8ecb7361eb31 1x\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.webp?w=900&amp;f=9587961be682af330e3d9b21c95b0606 1x\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.jpg?w=900&amp;f=9587961be682af330e3d9b21c95b0606 1x\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.webp?w=790&amp;f=a83210e241247143c1bf8ecb7361eb31 1x\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.jpg?w=790&amp;f=a83210e241247143c1bf8ecb7361eb31 1x\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.webp?w=450&amp;f=7e5a29599a38ec43c09fd46f897cbb10 1x\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.jpg?w=450&amp;f=7e5a29599a38ec43c09fd46f897cbb10 1x\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.webp?w=1200&amp;f=82a9644f9a80d0ff644de2569a577c97\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i2511295\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2511295\/iran-military-conducts-exercises.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=82a9644f9a80d0ff644de2569a577c97\" alt=\"Iran military conducts exercises\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\">\n<span class=\"cap\" id=\"short-cap-description\">Iran&#8217;s elite Revolutionary Guard special forces participate in military maneuvers at an undisclosed location on 3 April 2006. Iran&#8217;s military lost a top commander in a gyroplane accident on Monday.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"cap\" id=\"full-cap-description\" style=\"display: none;\">Iran&#8217;s elite Revolutionary Guard special forces participate in military maneuvers at an undisclosed location on 3 April 2006. Iran&#8217;s military lost a top commander in a gyroplane accident on Monday.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">FARS NEWS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Newsweek<\/em> reached out to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran for comment via email.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear why Mazandarani was visiting the southeast, when he is based in a northern province, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Fars News also mentioned the late Iranian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/what-caused-iran-president-raisis-helicopter-crash-what-we-know-1902479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s death<\/a> in a helicopter crash in May but said that such aviation incidents are rare in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>It is unknown officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iran-raisi-crash-list-suspects-1902663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">what caused the crash that led to the president&#8217;s death<\/a>, along with those of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and seven others.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Sirkan has reportedly been the site of clashes between Iranian security forces, Sunni militants and drug traffickers, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is currently embroiled in a battle with the Israeli military, in which saw Israel recently launch an attack on Iran that likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/breaking-news-1976544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">damaged a facility operated by the IRGC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite images indicated that the attack on October 26 struck the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/breaking-news-1976544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">IRGC&#8217;s Shahroud base,<\/a> which is responsible for constructing ballistic missiles and launching rockets as part of Iran&#8217;s space program.<\/p>\n<p>Following the attack, Iranian Foreign Minister Syed Abbas Araghchi accused the U.S. of being involved in the attack, and Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/benjamin-netanyahu\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> thanked the U.S. for its &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/breaking-news-1976544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">close coordination and assistance<\/a>&#8221; in conducting the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC is likely preparing for a retaliatory strike, with Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iran-middle-east-conflict-ayatollah-khamenei-threatens-us-israel-crushing-response-1979077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"multivariate\">issuing a warning<\/a> to the U.S. and Israel on November 2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or the United States of America, will definitely receive a crushing response to what they are doing to Iran and the Iranian nation and to the resistance front,&#8221; Khamenei said.<\/p>\n<p>Established after the 1979 revolution, the IRGC reports directly to Khamenei and works with partner organizations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/hamas\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\">Hamas<\/a> and Hezbollah, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n<p><em>Update 11\/04\/24, 07:32 a.m. ET. 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