Iran’s Former Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Dies
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Former Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi died on Friday after enduring a period of illness.
For 27 years, Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, had served as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces by the decree of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces.
Media reports said that he has died of coronavirus.
After that in 2016, he was appointed by Ayatollah Khamenei as the Military Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief and Major General Hossein Baqeri was appointed as his successor.
In a message on Friday, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Baqeri offered his condolences to Ayatollah Khamenei for the loss of General Firouzabadi.
