The 110th Salman Farsi Special Operations Brigade () is an SOF

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unit of the

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces ( fa, نیروی زمینی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی), acronymed NEZSA ( fa, نزسا), are the land force which the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), maintain i ...

based in the city of

Zahedan Zahedan ( Balochi and fa, , ' ) is a city and capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 587,730. The city was the site of a deadly crackdown in October 2022, with dozens citizens killed by pro- ...

, in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan. The brigade is currently commanded by

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Hossein Almasi Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", " ...

() and part of the "Qods sector headquarters" in southeastern Iran.

History

The brigade originated in 1986 as a battalion of the

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, taking part in the Iran-Iraq war. After the war, it became its own brigade in 2011, and, in 2015, following necessary special training, the brigade was declared a special operations Takavar brigade. Since then, it has taken part in combating the insurgency in Sistan and Baluchistan province from its base in the city of Zahedan, as well as partaking in the

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Assassination attempt

On 23 April 2022, the Qods sector headquarters announced that 4 gunmen had ambushed the car of 110th Brigade commander Hossein Almasi at a military checkpoint near Zahedan, killing one of his bodyguards named Mahmoud Absalan but failing to assassinate the commander. While blame for the assassination attempt was not officially put on any party, some Iranian media networks held the

Mossad Mossad ( , ), ; ar, الموساد, al-Mōsād, ; , short for ( he, המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, links=no), meaning 'Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations'. is the national intelligence agency ...

responsible for the attack.

References

{{Special forces of Iran Special forces of Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

History

Assassination attempt

See also

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