Senior Iranian IRGC commander dies of coronavirus
Nasser Shabani, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has died from coronavirus, the IRGC said on
Friday.
At least five other IRGC members have died from
coronavirus, according to IRGC spokesman Ramezan Sharif.
At least 13 Iranian regime figures have died from
coronavirus and 11 others were infected since the beginning of the outbreak in
the Islamic Republic.
As of Friday, 514 in Iran have died from the virus
and there are 11,364 confirmed cases.
In an unusual admission, Shabani had explicitly said
in August 2018 that the Houthi militia carried out Iran’s orders by attacking
two Saudi tankers in Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
“We told the Yemenis to attack the two Saudi
tankers, and they attacked,” Shabani was quoted as saying.
Shabani’s controversial remarks were carried by
several Iranian state media outlets.
