Senior IRGC commander assassinated by rioters in Iran's Kermanshah

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Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence chief, Colonel Nader Bayrami, was assassinated on Friday in the city of Sahneh in Kermanshah province at the hands of rioters.

"During a ceremony in the city of Sahneh, a number of rioters and thugs created chaos and attacked the security forces with white arms," Governor of Sahneh Jahanbakhsh Zanganeh Tabar in an interview with IRNA.

"Colonel Bayrami was martyred during this attack," Sahneh's governor said, stressing that the perpetrators had been arrested and handed over to judicial authorities.

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This comes after two members of the Iranian Mobilization Forces and two other members of the Border Guard forces were killed in two assaults in Iran on Thursday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian accused "Israel" and Western intelligence agencies of planning to divide Iran and ignite a civil war, stressing that the Iranians would not be deceived by such plans.

Amir-Abdollahian said addressing the enemies of Iran that are planning on igniting a civil war in the Islamic Republic and dividing its nation that they must be aware that "Iran is not Libya or Sudan."

In the same context on the same day, the commander of the IRGC Major General Hossein Salami stated that the country is facing a big conspiracy by enemies that are angered by the Iranian nation and who are collaborating with some individuals that are being deceived.

On another note, Al Mayadeen correspondent quoted security sources as saying that the rioters have started a new phase of a movement aimed at igniting an internal armed war in Iran.

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