TEHRAN-(MaraviPost)-Masked gunmen have today killed, Abdolhossein Mojaddami, the local commander of a paramilitary security force in southwestern Iran.
Mojaddami who was an associate of Iran’s top general, Qasem Soleimani who was recently killed in an American drone strike in Baghdad, headed the Basij forces, a paramilitary wing of the Revolutionary Guard used for internal security and other tasks, in the town of Darkhoein.
As reported by IRNA, Mojaddami has been ambushed by two gunmen who were on a motorcycle, armed with an assault rifle and a hunting rifle in front of his home in the town in the country’s oil rich Khuzestan province.
Officials believe the death of the commander is linked to the death of top general Qassem Soleimani who was killed earlier this month in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq.
Investigations have been launched to establish the motive the killing and who exactly are the two gunmen.
