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IRGC chief: Without Hamedani the 2009 uprising would have been difficult, Damascus would have fallen and the regime\u2019s fate would be left unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n During the past few days after the death of senior Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) commander Hossein Hamedani in Syria, top Iranian regime figures are one after another unveiling the scope of the regime\u2019s crimes in Syria and Hamedani\u2019s role in the crackdown and massacre of the Iranian people and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, and also repressing the 2009 uprisings. These officials are also emphasizing the heavy blow Tehran has now suffered in Syria after Hamedani\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \u201cThe formation of the Bassij, IRGC and Ansar al-Hossein Brigade are only a small portion of his services to the state. His efforts in establishing security in Tehran and other parts of the country, especially in 2009, led to the sedition\u2019s defeat\u2026 if it were not for Hamedani\u2019s judgment and management during the December 2009 uprisings, rounding up this sedition would have been much more difficult\u2026 he also played a significant role against the PMOI in the early years after the [1979] revolution,\u201d said Revolutionary Guards chief Mohammad Ali Jafari at Hamedani\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n \u201cFollowing the 2009 rebellion and after the sedition was defeated, he was always restive and voluntarily went to Syria. Syria is the frontlines of the Islamic revolution (read mullahs\u2019 regime). Without Hamedani, Damascus and the entire Islamic revolution front would have fallen\u2026 and now the fate of the Islamic revolution would have been unknown,\u201d Jafari added on Hamedani\u2019s role in Syria. (State-run media \u2013 October 12)<\/p>\n Former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaie also referred to Hamedani\u2019s role in Syria and the strategic importance of the Syrian dictator in maintaining the mullahs\u2019 regime in power.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is clear why Hamedani was killed in Syria, so that insecurity would not reach Tehran. People should not ask why he was killed in Syria. Hamedani went to provide security for [Iran]\u2026 Hamedani participated in 80 operations in Syria. He launched Fort Hazrat Zeinab in Damascus and organized over 40 to 50,000 Syrians,\u201d he said. (State-run media \u2013 October 11)<\/p>\n In the meantime, Khamenei resorted to his usual deception in justifying Hamedani\u2019s death in Aleppo, hundreds of kilometers from Zeinabiya (in Damascus where the regime claims its proxies have gone to protect sacred religious sites), saying he was \u201ckilled defending the [religious] sanctums near Damascus.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf people like Hamedani don\u2019t make a stand in Syria, insecurity and instability will reach our borders,\u201d said Ali Shamkhani, head of the regime\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, in remarks aimed at justifying the mullahs\u2019 spending billions on maintaining the Bashar Assad regime in power.<\/p>\n \u201cA large part of Hamedani\u2019s services in strengthening the Syria axis cannot be made public,\u201d said former IRGC chief Rahim Safavi.<\/p>\n Hassan Rouhani, the so-called moderate president of this regime, praised this killer of the Syrian people as a \u201cvaliant commander\u201d and described his death for the mullahs\u2019 regime as a \u201cgrave loss and deep anguish\u201d.<\/p>\n Hashemi Rafsanjani, head of the regime\u2019s Expediency Council, said Hamedani\u2019s death is a major loss for the IRGC.<\/p>\n