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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will lead funeral prayers for Abbas Nilforoushan, the IRGC deputy commander who was killed alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike two weeks ago, the Revolutionary Guard announced.
Nilforoushan's body was found on Friday two weeks after his death. Once repatriated to Iran, it will be buried in Isfahan after funerals in Mashhad and Tehran, the IRGC commander of Isfahan announced.
Born in Isfahan in 1966, Nilforoushan began his military activities in the 1980s joining the Basij and later the IRGC, holding various positions including Deputy Commander of the IRGC Ground Forces for Operations.
Iranian media outlet Student News Network (SNN) described Nilforoushan as a “key figure” with extensive battlefield experience who played a crucial role in supporting the “Resistance Axis, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and Palestinian resistance groups,” helping to strengthen their capabilities against Israel.
Following the assassination of IRGC General Mohammad Reza Zahedi in an Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus in April, Nilforoushan “assumed command of the Lebanon front,” according to the Tehran-based Fararu website.
Nilforoushan was killed in an Israeli attack on a meeting between Nasrallah, top Hezbollah members, and IRGC commanders. In a statement about Nasrallah's death, Khamenei said that the meeting was focused on designing a military plan to counter the recent wave of Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
