Iranians attended the funeral of a senior adviser to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who was martyred following a massive attack by foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists on government-controlled positions in the northwestern Syrian province of Aleppo.
Mourners carried the coffin of Brigadier General Kiomars Poureshmi with the Iranian flag on Saturday morning.
The ceremony was also attended by high-ranking military commanders and government officials.
He, who was one of the defenders of the shrine of Hazrat Zaynab (PBUH) and one of the senior military advisers to the IRGC in Syria, was martyred in the Takfiri attacks. Terrorists in the outskirts of Aleppo
At the request of Damascus, Iran has an advisory mission in Syria to help the war-torn Arab country defeat foreign-backed militants who have been fighting the Syrian government since 2011. Iran is trying to restore security to the region with the help of the Syrian government.
