ICBPS MORNING BRIEF: Senior Iran’s Quds Force Dies Of COVID19

ICBPS Morning Brief– A senior commander of Iran’s Quds Force has died with Covid19 symptoms in Iraq.

Brig. Gen. Abdolrasool Ostovar, who has previously served as deputy commander of IRGC Ground Forces, contracted Coronavirus while on an alleged advisory mission in Iraq, state-run media reported.

He had been in a coma for more than two months before dying of COVID19 Coronavirus in an IRGC-owned hospital in Tehran on Sunday, according to IRGC-run Tasnim News.

Brig. Gen. Ostovar had fought in Syria and Iraq alongside Qassem Soleimani, the dead-terrorist head of the Quds Force, the overseas arm of the IRGC, new agencies added.

Coronavirus has infected and killed a number of Iranian officials since it hit the country in February as it has made Iranians happy as they implicitly celebrate online.

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