Abbas Nilforoushan

Abbas Nilforoushan (; 23 August 1966 – 27 September 2024) was an Iranian military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who served as the IRGC's Deputy of Operations. He began his military career at the age 14 in 1980 with the paramilitary Basij, then joined the IRGC and was a member of this organization throughout the Iran–Iraq War.

On 27 September 2024, he was killed in the 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike together with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Early life Abbas Nilforoushan was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1966.

Previously, his military career included positions such as deputy operations commander of the IRGC Ground Forces, commander of the IRGC Command and Staff College, deputy to the IRGC Commander-in-Chief at the Imam Hussein Headquarters, executive deputy of the IRGC, and deputy operations commander of the IRGC during Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi's tenure. He had been serving as the deputy operations commander of the IRGC since 2019. He also had five years of experience in Lebanon and Syria on his resume.

Death On 27 September 2024, Nilforoushan was killed at the main headquarters of the Shia organization Hezbollah by an Israeli airstrike alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.