Hezbollah to Receive Body of Iranian Martyr Hojaji from Daesh Terrorists

TEHRAN (defapress) – The body of an Iranian military adviser, who was recently killed by the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group in Syria, will be repatriated as part of a deal between the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement and the Daesh.

News ID: 65768

Date: 29 August 2017 - 11:59

According to the agreement called "Jorud”, the body of Martyr Mohsen Hojaji, who was recently decapitated by the Daesh terrorists in Syria, would be returned home, according to the Arabic-language Al Mayadeen TV.

The transfer of Lebanon’s captured soldiers and two martyrs, as well as the body of Martyr Hojaji, will take place after the buses carrying Daesh militants and their families arrive in the ancient city of Palmyra in Homs Province, according to the report.

Martyr Hojaji, a holy shrine defender, was taken hostage by the Daesh Takfiri group near the Iraqi border on August 7 and was beheaded two days later.

The shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, a sister of Imam Hossein (AS), the third Shiite Imam, is located in Damascus, Syria. Iranian military advisers have played a decisive role in the protection of the holy shrine against terrorist attacks.

Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist groups, including Daesh, currently controlling parts of it.

According to a report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injured 1.9 million others, and displaced nearly half of the country’s pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond its borders.

In the meantime, Iran has remained a close ally of Syria and supports its legitimate government in the face of foreign-backed militancy.