Two scientists from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Force have been hailed as "martyrs" after being killed "in the course of duty," Iranian news agencies reported Sunday.
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According to a report in the Iranian news outlet Tasnim, Ali Kamani died in a car accident in the city of Kohmein, south of Tehran, "while fulfilling his duty."
Kamani has spent "year of tireless work on behalf of the Islamic Revolution and its values," the report said. Iran International said Kamani had been working in the Markazi province.
#BREAKING Another IRGC Aerospace member named Mohammad Abdous, who worked in Semnan province, has also died "while on a mission", the IRGC's Fars news reported. pic.twitter.com/3bQiSYyoPw
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) June 12, 2022
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly extended his condolences to Kamani's family.
Hours after Kamani's death was made public, Iranian news agencies reported that another member of the IRGC's Aerospace Unit, Mohammad Abdous, had also been killed. Iran International claimed Abdous, who had been working in Iran's Northern Semnan Province, had been killed "while on a mission."
Social media users were skeptical about the official versions of events, given a series of targeted killings of Iranian military commanders and scientists, some of which have been attributed to Israel.
A week ago, Iranian missile engineer Dr. Ayood Entezari died after allegedly being poisoned at a dinner party. In May, IRGC Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei was shot to death outside his home in the heart of Tehran
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