Brig. Gen. Muhammad Hussein-Zada Hejazi, the deputy chief of Iran’s Quds Force, has died of a “heart condition” aged 65, the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement on Sunday.
The announcement comes at a tense period of what has been described as the “shadow war” between Israel and Iran, with Israel reported to be behind a blackout at an Iranian nuclear plant; meanwhile Iran is trying to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, which Israeli leadership has repeatedly slammed as inadequate.
Hejazi was known for working directly under Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani until the latter’s death by a US drone strike in January 2020. Thereafter Hejazi was named the second-in-command of the IRGC’s extraterritorial operations unit, or the Quds Force.
Israel named him as the main man behind Iran’s project of manufacturing precision-guided missiles for its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah.
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{Matzav.com}
