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

Biography

Hamadani was born in

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, Iran. His parents were originally from

Hamadan Hamadan ( ; , ) is a mountainous city in western Iran. It is located in the Central District of Hamadan County in Hamadan province, serving as the capital of the province, county, and district. As of the 2016 Iranian census, it had a po ...

. Hamadani first rose to prominence during the

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and the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, unti ...

, where he helped suppress the Communist rebellion in

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. Mohammad Ali Jafari 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 Liberation of Khorramshahr. * ''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

Quds Force The Quds Force () is one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It specializes in unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations. U.S. Army's Iraq War General Stanley McChrystal describes the Quds Fo ...

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

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attack in

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, Syria on 7 October 2015.

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