Two Iranian aerospace staff ‘martyred’: State media

Members of Iran's IRGC have died in suspicious circumstances in recent weeks [File: Iranian Presidency Office via AP]

Tehran, Iran – Two men working in Iran’s aerospace industry have died in separate incidents while on active duty, according to Iranian state media.

The elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s (IRGC) branch in Markazi province announced in a statement carried by Iranian media late on Sunday that Ali Kamani, a member of the IRGC’s aerospace division working in Khomein, some 320km (200 miles) south of the capital Tehran, was killed in a “driving accident” while on an unspecified mission.