The Islamic State group has claimed the killing of a senior Iranian officer advising Iraqi forces in their fight against the jihadists, according to images posted on jihadist forums Monday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday announced the death of Brigadier General Hamid Taghavi, who had been training the army and Iraqi volunteers in the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad.
One jihadist forum posted an image of the officer standing next to three others, with a red circle around his head above the caption: “A photo of the miscreant Hamid Taghavi who was killed by the men of IS in the region of Samarra.” Another image on the forum purportedly showed the body of the Iranian officer.”