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IRGC Singer Murdered; Four Arrested, One Paid Bitcoin

8/10/2026

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Singer and IRGC Basij member Hamidreza Rajabzadeh was abducted and killed, state media say.
Two weeks later his family received a video showing him unconscious, being spat on and tortured.
Minister Aliakbar Pourjamshidian said the probe is ongoing, four suspects were arrested and one allegedly received Bitcoin from a terrorist group, the “Ashtara Zero Day” group having hired Mojahedin-e Khalq and Pahlavi affiliates to abduct and kill IRGC officials.

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Singer and IRGC Basij member Hamidreza Rajabzadeh was abducted and killed, state media say.
Two weeks later his family received a video showing him unconscious, being spat on and tortured.
Minister Aliakbar Pourjamshidian said the probe is ongoing, four suspects were arrested and one allegedly received Bitcoin from a terrorist group, the “Ashtara Zero Day” group having hired Mojahedin-e Khalq and Pahlavi affiliates to abduct and kill IRGC officials.