The Number of Iranian Casualties in Recent Operations Against Assad's Opponents Reaches 29

Iranian news websites reported on Friday the death of another member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Syria, bringing the total number of Iranian fatalities in recent operations against Bashar al-Assad's opponents to 29, according to the security site Mashregh News. The body of Hojjat Asghari Sharabiani, a member of the IRGC from Tehran province who was killed in Aleppo, Syria, was buried on Friday, November 8, in Shahr-e Rey. These news agencies referred to him as an 'advisory force.' Meanwhile, Mashregh News reported that this 27-year-old IRGC member was killed in the 'Ashura Operation.' According to this website, the number of Iranian forces killed in this operation in Syria has reached 29. Additionally, the body of Lieutenant Mohammad Zohiri, another Iranian soldier killed in Syria, was buried on Friday in Ahvaz. IRNA news agency referred to Zohiri as the '17th martyr defending the shrine' from Khuzestan province. The agency also reported on the funeral of Hadi Nomi in Tabriz, referring to him as the '8th martyr defending the shrine' in East Azerbaijan province. On the same day, the body of Mostafa Sadrzadeh, another Iranian soldier killed in Syria, was buried in Shahriar. Fars news agency also reported that the body of Abuzar Amjadiyan, the '4th martyr defending the shrine' in Kermanshah province, will be buried on Saturday in the city of Sanqur and Koliayi. Furthermore, according to Tasnim news agency, the body of Mohammadreza Askari-Fard, another Iranian soldier killed in Syria, will be transferred to Khorramshahr for burial on Friday. Reports indicate that Muslim Nasr, Khan Ali Yousefi, Muslim Khizab, Mehdi Alidoost, Abdollah Bagheri, Milad Mostafavi, Sajjad Tahernia, Rouhollah Emadi, Amin Karimi, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Ahmad Estahkami, Nader Hamid Deilami, Majid Sanaei Mofak, Mojtaba Karami, and Reza Damrudi are among those who lost their lives in Syria about two weeks ago. Hassan Shamshadi, a reporter for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), who has been present in Syria since the beginning of the conflict, mentioned on his Instagram page on November 4 that the increase in the number of Iranian casualties in Syria was due to the start of an operation called 'Hard Revenge' against Bashar al-Assad's opponents. Meanwhile, Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of the IRGC, stated on Tuesday that the increase in Iranian casualties in Syria was due to the increase in both 'quantity and quality' of Iranian military personnel in the country. Following Russia's military operations in Syria and reports of the Syrian army's 'advancement' with the support of Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah in Aleppo, reports of the deaths of senior commanders and IRGC forces in Syria have increased.