DUBAI (Reuters) – A member of a pressure that fought on behalf of Iran to guard Shi’ites and their shrines in Syria or Iraq was killed on Sunday in a uncommon assassination in Tehran, the semi-official information company Tasnim reported.
Two folks on a motorbike opened hearth on “one of many defenders of the shrine”, Tasnim mentioned, citing an knowledgeable supply.
The time period “holy shrine defender” refers to advisers and army personnel which Iran says struggle on its behalf to guard Shi’ite websites in Tehran’s allies Iraq and Syria from teams corresponding to Islamic State.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Modifying by Toby Chopra)
