Ali Reza Tavassoli | |
|---|---|
 Tavassoli in 2014 | |
| Native name | علیرضا توسلی |
| Born | 1962 Afghanistan |
| Died | 28 February 2015 (aged 52–53) Daraa Governorate, Syria |
| Buried | Mashhad, Iran |
| Allegiance |  Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Service | Liwa Fatemiyoun |
| Years of service | 1980s–2015 |
| Engagements | |
| Alma mater | Al-Mustafa International University |
Ali Reza Tavassoli (Persian: علیرضا توسلی; 1962 – 28 February 2015) was an Afghan militant of the Fatemiyoun Brigade. An ethnic Hazara, he was born in Afghanistan and later moved to Iran, where he studied at Al-Mustafa International University. His first activities as a combatant were during the Iran–Iraq War, when he and many other Afghan Shia Muslims enlisted in a volunteer pro-Iranian militia to fight against Iraq. Following the Arab Spring in 2011, Tavassoli was appointed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to command Afghan Shia militants in the Syrian Civil War. Four years later, while fighting alongside the IRGC, Hezbollah, and the Syrian government in the Southern Syria offensive, he was killed by Jabhat al-Nusra.[1][2]
- ^ "Iran mourns 7 Afghans killed fighting for Damascus ally". The Daily Star. Agence France Presse. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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