Iranian state media reported that a senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Abbas Nilforoushan, was among those killed in an Israeli strike targeting Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Friday. Nilforoushan, who served as the deputy commander for operations of the IRGC, was a key figure responsible for one of the security organizations involved in protest suppression, according to the US Department of Treasury.
Nilforoushan, an experienced commander who had also served as a military adviser during the Syrian civil war, was likely meeting Nasrallah in Beirut’s southern suburbs when the Israeli strike occurred. The US Treasury had previously sanctioned him for his role in suppressing protests during the 2022 Iranian demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini while in custody of Iran’s morality police.
