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Ansar al-Mahdi Protection Corps
Military unit in Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ansar al-Mahdi Protection Corps are a military unit of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
History
It was founded in 1989 after the split of Ansar al-Imam (Guard Corps) and Vali-ye Amr special forces unit.[1][2]
One of the commanders was Ali Nasiri.[3]
Their current commander is Fathollah Jamiri.[4]
The Mossad allegedly hired members of the unit to carry out Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.[5]
Provincial Corps
Zanjan Ansar Al-Mahdi Provincial Corps
It was the forces of Zanjan province, on 14 June 2025 in Iran–Israel war declared the death of five of his fighters named after Commander Reza Najafi, Hassan Rasouli,[6] Hamid Tomari, Akbar Azizi and Amir Khani.[7][8][9]
References
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