Razi Mousavi
Born1963 (1963)
Zanjan, Imperial State of Iran
Died25 December 2023(2023-12-25) (aged 59–60)
Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq, Syria
Allegiance Iran
Service/branch Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Years of service1980–2023
RankBrigadier general
Battles/wars

Razi Mousavi (Persian: رازی موسوی; 1963 – 25 December 2023) was an Iranian general serving in the IRGC's Quds Force. He was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif-Dimashq, Syria during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. At the time of his death, Mousavi was described as Iran's most influential military commander in Syria.[1]

Military career

Born in 1963,[2] Mousavi served in Syria under the Iranian paramilitary Quds Force from the 1980s, facilitating the transfer of arms and funds to the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah. In 1990, he assumed the role of the head of the Iranian logistical division in Syria, known as Unit 2250. Throughout the Syrian civil war, Mousavi faced multiple assassination attempts orchestrated by Israel.[3][4][5]

Khamenei and Mousavi's family in his funeral

Death

Mousavi was killed on 25 December 2023, in a targeted Israeli airstrike at his residence in Sayyidah Zaynab, 10 km (6 mi) south of Damascus, amid the Israel–Hamas war. His death marks the highest-ranking killing of a senior Iranian military official since the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.[6]

Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi called Mousavi's killing "a sign of the Zionist regime's frustration and weakness in the region for which it will certainly pay the price".[5] Syrian foreign minister Faisal Mekdad also condemned the attack.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Hashem, Ali (25 December 2023). "Inside story: Airstrike kills Iran's 'most influential' commander in Syria". Amwaj Media. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ↑ شهید سید رضی موسوی که بود؟ / زندگینامه (in Persian)
  3. ↑ "Who is Radi Mousavi, who was close to Soleimani and Nasrallah, who was killed by Israel in Syria?" (in Arabic). Al Arabiya. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Razi Mousavi, one of the IRGC forces in Syria and close to Qassem Soleimani, was killed in an Israeli attack" (in Persian). Iran International. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Israeli air strike in Syria kills top Iranian military adviser". Al Jazeera. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Iran warns Israel will pay after top IRGC commander killed in Syria airstrike". Jerusalem Post. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "نامه سوریه به سازمان ملل درباره ترور سردار موسوی" (in Persian). Mashregh News. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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