Revolutionary Guard member killed in Isfahan, central Iran

The Abbasi Grand Mosque, in Isfahan, Iran, in May 2022. AFP - ATTA KENARE

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According to the official Irna agency, a member of the Revolutionary Guards was killed in the city of Isfahan, while the protest movement seems to be losing steam.

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With our correspondent in Tehran,

The official media did not give details on the rank of this member of the Revolutionary Guards.

But he was killed by several bullets in the city of Isfahan, located in the center of the country.

In recent weeks, several members of Iran's elite army have been shot and killed in several cities across the country.

According to the authorities, between 50 and 70 members of the security forces have been murdered in recent weeks by armed men.

At the same time, human rights organizations report several hundred demonstrators killed at the same time.

A figure that has been denied by the authorities.

Almost every day, the Iranian media report seizures of several hundred weapons from Iraqi Kurdistan.

Moreover, the army of the Revolutionary Guards has considerably reinforced its troops at the border to prevent the smuggling of weapons, but also to control several towns in Kurdistan which have experienced major demonstrations in recent weeks.

The Revolutionary Guards also carried out strikes against the bases of Iranian Kurdish armed groups in Iraqi Kurdistan to prevent any infiltration into Iran.

Finally, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Iran refused any cooperation with the international investigation decided by the United Nations Human Rights Council into the repression of the protest movement.

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