Nasser Shabani
Sardar Nasser Shabani | |
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Born | c. 1957 Imperial State of Iran |
Died | 13 March 2020(2020-03-13) (aged 62–63) Iran |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Years of service | 1982–2020 |
Rank | 2nd Brigadier General |
Unit | Quds Force |
Commands held | Imam Hossein University |
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Nasser Shabani (Persian: ناصر شعبانی; c. 1957 - 13 March 2020) was an Iranian general and senior commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He took credit for using Houthi rebels to target Saudi oil tankers.[1]
Career[]
Shabani began his military career in 1982 during the Iran-Iraq War.[2] He participated in suppressing the Amol uprising the same year. In the final year of the Iran-Iraq War, he was promoted to become one of several fronts of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He played a key role in Operation Mersad, and later wrote several books about the war. In 2011, he succeeded the president of the university of Imam Hussein and became one of the deputies of the .[3]
In 2018, he stated in Iranian state media that the IRGC ordered the Houthi forces in Yemen to attack two Saudi oil tankers on the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Death[]
Shabani died from COVID-19 on 13 March 2020.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Iran coronavirus deaths:Top Iranian IRGC Commander Nasser Shabani, who once openly admitted to blowing up Saudi oil tankers, dies of COVID 19". International Business Times. 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Iranian Gen. Shabani dies from coronavirus". Anadolu Agency. 14 March 2020.
- ^ "سردار ناصر شعبانی درگذشت". Tasnim News (in Persian). 14 March 2020.
- ^ Times, New Straits (14 March 2020). "Top Iranian general Shabani dies of Covid-19". NST Online.
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