Senior Iranian officer killed in Iraq

(IraqiNews.com) On Sunday, a senior Iranian military officer was killed in Iraq, where he was involved in an advisory mission with the Iraqi Army in its fight against the Islamic state. according to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

Iran claims that its intervention in Iraq is limited to the consultancy and training of Iraqi forces, but its officials did not stop stating the possibility of military intervention.

A statement issued by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, posted on its official news website ‘Sepah-News’,”Brigadier General Hamid Taghvi was martyred during an advisory mission with the Iraqi Army and volunteering to fight the terrorists of  ISIS in the city of Samarra, about 110 kilometers north of Iraqi capital Baghdad.”