Probe Under Way Into Killing Of Anti-Taliban General, Says Tehran Governor
Hossein Khosh-Eghbal, the governor of Tehran, said authorities are investigating the assassination of Ikramuddin Sari, a former Afghan commander and outspoken opponent of the Taliban.
Speaking to Ensaf News, Khosh-Eghbal said the case is under review and that investigators have not yet reached a conclusion. He added that the findings are expected to be announced on Sunday.
Sari was killed in Tehran on Wednesday. Mohammad Amin Almas, a former battalion commander in the Afghan army, was also killed in the same attack.
No group has claimed responsibility for the assassination. However, anti-Taliban groups, including the Afghanistan Freedom Front and the National Resistance Front, have accused the Taliban of involvement.
The killing is the third assassination of military figures opposed to the Taliban on Iranian soil in the past four months. Earlier, a commander close to Ismail Khan, one of Afghanistan’s former jihadist leaders, was shot dead in Mashhad.
Iranian authorities remained silent for three days after the killing of the prominent anti-Taliban figure in the capital. Taliban opponents have since urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to conduct a serious and transparent investigation and to make the results public for the Afghan community.
