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Military unit in Iran
Military unit
Ansar al-Mahdi Protection Corps are a military unit of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
It was founded in 1989 after the split of Ansar al-Imam (Guard Corps) and Vali-ye Amr special forces unit.[1][2]
The Mossad allegedly hired members of the unit to carry out Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.[3]
Their current commander is Fathollah Jamiri.[4]
One of its former commanders was Ali Nasiri.[5]
Zanjan Ansar Al-Mahdi Provincial Corps
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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]
