Ali Reza Tavassoli

Ali Reza Tavassoli (1962 – 28 February 2015) was a commander of the Fatemiyoun Brigade and ethnic Hazara leader 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 a Hazara 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 Afghanistani 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.