VIDEO: Abbas Ali Soleimani Killed in Northern Iran

Abbas Ali Soleimani, a member of the Iranian Assembly of Experts, has been killed in Mazandaran province in northern Iran, according to the Tasnim news agency. The security forces in Mazandaran have confirmed the assassination, but the motives behind the crime have not yet been disclosed.

Soleimani had recently served as the representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in the city of Kashan in Isfahan province (central Iran), as well as in Sistan and Baluchestan province (southeast).