Ali Reza Tavassoli (; 1962 – 28 February 2015) was the Afghan commander of the Fatemiyoun Brigade until he was killed in action fighting Jabhat al-Nusra in Daraa, Syria. Biography Ali Reza Tavassoli was born in 1962 in Afghanistan. Tavassoli lived in Mashhad and studied in Qom, Iran. He graduated from Al-Mustafa International University. He was an Afghan volunteer in the Iran–Iraq War. In Syria He was appointed by Qasem Soleimani, Iranian commander of the Quds Force, as commander of Shia volunteers from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. On 2014, he organized Afghan Shia volunteers and formed the Fatemiyoun Brigade to protect holy Shia shrines in Syria. In Syria, Tavassoli is known as Abu Hamed. Death On 28 February 2015, Ali Reza Tavassoli was killed in Southern Syria offensive while fighting Jabhat al-Nusra in Daraa, south of Damascus. He was buried in Mashhad. References 1962 births 2015 deaths Afghan Shia Muslims Syrian war casualties Military personnel killed in the Syrian civil war