ALBAWABA - According to a report by Iranian news agency Tasnim, Colonel Ahmadreza Afshari was killed as a result of an injury he sustained in an airstrike in Syria.
Mehr Agency reported that prior to his death Afshari was transferred to Iran for medical treatment following an airstrike carried out by the coalition forces in Syria.
"Colonel Ahmadreza Afshari was martyred due to injuries sustained from aerial bombardment from the coalition violating Syria," top Revolutionary Guard Major General Hossein Salami said in an official statement.
"Afshari, who served as a military advisor in Syria, was severely wounded in early August during an aggressor coalition airstrike in the war-torn country. He was transported to Iran for medical treatment but succumbed to his injuries on Thursday" Salami added.
