Armed Gunmen Shot Iran Revolutionary Guard Colonel Dead

Armed gunmen have shot dead two Iran Revolutionary Guard officers – including a colonel – in Zahedan, a city where a bloody crackdown on protests reportedly claimed the lives of nearly 100 people.

Photo shows two dead bodies in a car in Zaheda, Iran, undated photo. An IRGC Colonel, identified as Mehdi Mollashahi, and Javad Keikha a member of the Salman Brigade, which belongs to IRGC’s Basij paramilitary forces, were killed when gunmen opened fire at them from a car and fled Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. (Newsflash)

Zahedan is the provincial capital of Iran’s south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan and as this photograph appears to show, unknown gunmen reportedly shot the Iran Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) colonel, named as Mehdi Mollashahi, dead.

The gunmen reportedly opened fire from a car before fleeing the scene, shooting the colonel dead, along with Javad Keikh, of the Salman Brigade, which is part of the IRGC’s Basij paramilitary forces on Tuesday, 25th October.

The Baluch Activists Campaign has estimated the number of dead at over 96 during what has been termed ‘Black Friday’, when Mohammad Iqbal Naibzahi was reportedly killed by a sniper while in a mosque, on 30th September, along with nearly 100 other people.

Iranian security forces were reportedly cracking down on people protesting the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, who was on a visit to Tehran when she was arrested by morality police accused of violating hijab rules on 13th September.

She was allegedly beaten while in custody and spent the following days in a coma in the hospital before succumbing in the ICU on 16th September.

The clinic where she was treated said in a now-deleted social media post that she had been admitted brain-dead.

Alleged medical scans of her skull leaked by hackers showed that she had suffered bone fractures, haemorrhages, and brain oedema.

Anti-regime media are claiming that Mahsa’s medical records showing her history of heart disease were faked by the Iranian government.

The protests her death sparked are ongoing and, according to the non-profit Iran Human Rights, at least 201 people, including 28 children, have been killed so far, according to its latest figures released on 12th October.