Former Iran Army Chief, Who Accused West Of Using Lizard Spies, Dies Of COVID-19

Former Iranian armed forces chief Hassan Firouzabadi, who once accused Western nations of spying on the country using lizards, has died of coronavirus aged 70, local media reported on Friday.

Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami praised Firouzabadi’s “continuous efforts” to defend “the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” in a statement published on the Guards’ Sepahnews website.

A trained doctor, Firouzabadi joined the Basij Islamic volunteer militia during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88.

Serving in administrative roles, he swiftly rose up its ranks before being named head of the armed forces in September 1989 by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, remaining in the post until 2016.

Iran’s armed forces chief has authority over both the regular army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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{Matzav.com}