Abbas Nilforoushan
Iranian general (1966–2024)
Abbas Nilforoushan (Persian: عباس نیلفروشان; 23 August 1966 – 27 September 2024) was an Iranian military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who served as the IRGC's Deputy of Operations. He began his military career at the age 14 in 1980 with the paramilitary Basij, then joined the IRGC and was a member of this organization throughout the Iran–Iraq War.
On 27 September 2024, he was killed in the 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike together with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Early life
Abbas Nilforoushan was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1966.
Military career
At the age of 14, Nilforoushan volunteered as a Basij member and went to the western and then southern fronts. During the Iran–Iraq War, he served in various positions in the 14th Imam Hossein Division and the 8th Najaf Ashraf Armored Division, including: platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, axis commander, and deputy operations commander of the 8th Najaf Division under the command of Ahmad Kazemi.
Previously, his military career included positions such as deputy operations commander of the IRGC Ground Forces, commander of the IRGC Command and Staff College, deputy to the IRGC Commander-in-Chief at the Imam Hussein Headquarters, executive deputy of the IRGC, and deputy operations commander of the IRGC during Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi's tenure. He had been serving as the deputy operations commander of the IRGC since 2019. He also had five years of experience in Lebanon and Syria on his resume.
Nilforoushan served as the Deputy of Operations for the IRGC Ground Forces from 2005 to 2007.
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