Iran's Revolutionary Guard says one of its senior commanders has been killed during a battle against the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq.
The Guard said in an online statement on Sunday that Brigadier General Hamid Taghavi was "martyred while performing his advisory mission to confront ISIS terrorists in Samarra".
Taghavi is believed to be the highest-ranking Iranian military officer to have been killed in Iraq while battling the IS group, which captured large parts of northern and western Iraq earlier this year.
The Guard said Taghavi was assisting Iraqi troops and Shi'ite volunteers defending Samarra, a city north of Baghdad which is home to a major Shi'ite shrine.
It said a funeral procession will be held in Tehran on Monday.
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