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U.S. intelligence IDs IRGC officer who trained Syrians for crackdown 


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Officials said Chizari and Suleimani were the key to the resilience of the
Assad regime in the face of nationwide protests. 

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.  Role: Iran Quds Force No. 3 commander 

.  Notoriety: Arrested by U.S. troops in Baghdad in 2006 

WASHINGTON - The United States has identified a leading Iranian officer as
helping President Bashar Assad quell the revolt in Syria. 

The U.S. intelligence community has deemed Mohsen Chizari a leading Iranian
facilitator of the Assad regime. Officials said Chizari was responsible for
training at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, whose officers were
helping quell the anti-Assad revolt in Syria. 

"He is in charge of training the Syrians as well as sending Iranian advisers
to help the security forces," an official said. 

On May 18, the Treasury Department identified Chizari and Qassem Suleimani
as Iranian facilitators of the Assad crackdown. Suleimani, commander of
IRGC's Quds Force, was designated the "conduit for Iranian material support
to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate." 

Chizari was identified as commander of training at the Quds Force. The Quds
Force was responsible for IRGC foreign operations, including training and
equipment of such Iranian proxies as Hamas, Hizbullah and Islamic Jihad, all
of which have been based in Damascus. 


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Syrian anti-government protesters in Nawa near the southern town of Daraa,
the epicentre of protests that have shaken President Bashar al-Assad's once
uncontested rule.
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"Mohsen Chizari, an Iranian military officer who is the No. 3 leader in the
Quds Force in charge of training," Treasury said. 

Officials said Chizari and Suleimani were the key to the resilience of the
Assad regime in the face of nationwide protests. They said the two IRGC
commanders were monitoring the revolt and advising the Assad leadership. 

IRGC was said to be providing several levels of assistance over the last 10
weeks. Officials said Chizari and Suleimani provided training and equipment
that allowed Syrian intelligence to track opposition organizers through the
Internet. 

For Chizari, this marked his second major mission abroad in less than five
years. In 2006, Chizari was operating in Iran's neighbor, Iraq, where he was
arrested by the U.S. military. Within days, the IRGC officer was released. 

On April 29, the White House imposed sanctions on IRGC for alleged help to
the Assad regime in trying to quell the revolt. But the White House did not
elaborate except to say that IRGC's Quds Force was working with Syrian
General Intelligence. 

"Iran is providing material support to the Syrian government related to
cracking down on unrest in Syria," the White House said. "The conduit for
this Iranian material support to the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate
is the IRGC-QF." 

Officials confirmed reports by the opposition that Hizbullah was also
helping support the Syrian Army and security forces to battle the
protesters. They said Hizbullah provided manpower as well as equipment to
the Assad regime. 

"The Iranians are helping Assad but they are also hedging their bets and are
in contact with the opposition as well," an official said. "IRGC is in
contact with the Muslim Brotherhood." 

 



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