„At least 1,000 Iranian soldiers deployed to Syria have been reportedly killed, an Iranian official said, underlining Tehran’s increasing presence on front lines of the Syrian conflict.
Iran has been sending countless troops to back authoritarian Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war.
The recently pronounced death toll has taken a major hike compared to figures accounted for just four months ago Iran had only recognized 400 of its soldiers dying on Syria’s battlefields.“ („At Least 1,000 Iranian Soldiers Died on Syrian Battlefields“)
