TEHRAN, October 26. /TASS/. A member of the intelligence unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, elite branch of the Iranian Armed Forces) was killed during riots in the city of Malayer (Hamadan province) in western Iran, the IRNA News Agency reported on Wednesday.

According to its data, the IRGC officer was involved in pursuit of riot instigators and was shot dead. No additional details are available.

The unrest in Iran, which began after the funeral of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16, has continued in the country for over a month. According to the official version, this Kurdish girl was detained by the morality police for not wearing her headscarf properly. When questioned, she had a heart attack and died. Social media, however, circulated information that Amini had been beaten by the police.