A Helicopter Crash Claimed the Lives of an Iranian General and Pilot
A helicopter crash during combat operations in Iran’s southeast border region has claimed the lives of a general and pilot in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
According to an IRGC statement issued on Monday, pilot Hamed Jandaghi and General Hamid Mazandarani, commander of the Golestan Province’s Neynava Brigade, perished when their helicopter crashed in the Sirkand region of Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
A helicopter crash during combat operations in Iran’s southeast border region has claimed the lives of a general and pilot in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
According to an IRGC statement issued on Monday, pilot Hamed Jandaghi and General Hamid Mazandarani, commander of the Golestan Province’s Neynava Brigade, perished when their helicopter crashed in the Sirkand region of Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
Specifics on the mission’s nature and the crash’s cause were not revealed in the IRGC statement.
Since 10 police officers were killed in an attack claimed by Sunni Muslim terrorists on October 26, Iran’s military has been conducting an operation in the Sirkand region of Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
Iranian media sites claim that during the operation, they had killed a number of militants and detained others. One of the most destitute provinces in the Islamic Republic is Sistan-Baluchistan, which shares borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan.
