Hossein Hamedani, also spelled Hamedani ( fa, حسین همدانی; December 15, 1950 – October 7, 2015), was an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander. He was posthumously promoted to a

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Biography

Hamadani was born in Abadan, Iran. His parents were originally from

Hamadan Hamadan () or Hamedan ( fa, همدان, ''Hamedān'') (Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. At the 2019 census, its population was 783,300 in 230,775 families. The majority of people living in Ham ...

. Hamadani first rose to prominence during the

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and the

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, where he helped suppress the Communist rebellion in

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appointed him as Deputy Commander of the IRGC in 2005, and together they planned how to deal with any attempted "velvet revolution" in Iran. Hamadani subsequently helped to suppress the 2009 election protests in Iran. He had been head of the IRGC's Rassoulollah Corps in charge of Greater Tehran from November 2009 until January 2014, and had been subject to international sanctions since 14 April 2011. Hamadani had written three books: * ''Moonlight of Khayyen'' ()), narrating the Iranian Revolution, conflicts in Kordestan, and the Iran–Iraq War. * ''Conquerors of Khorramshahr'' (), narrating the

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. * ''Brother, It's Duty'' (), an autobiography. Hamadani also served in Syria as both an advisor to the Syrian army during the Syrian Civil War and as overseer for

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operations in support of the Syrian government. Hamadani was killed in an

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attack in Aleppo, Syria on 7 October 2015.

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