Alwaght- An Iranian reporter has been killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo where is divided between Syrian government and the terrorist and militant groups.
Mohsen Khazaei, who worked for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), was killed on Saturday while his cameraman sustained injuries and was transferred to hospital.
According to Press TV, The Iranian reporter lost his life when shrapnel from a mortar shell hit him in the head. His cameraman, Tamer Sandooq, was injured in the shoulder.
The Iranian reporting team came under mortar fire by terrorists in Minyan district in the western part of Aleppo.
A number of correspondents affiliated to Iranian news stations have fallen victim to the conflict in Syria in the past.
In August 2015, Iranian reporter Mohammad-Hassan Hosseini suffered facial injury in a mortar attack by militants in the port city of Latakia in western Syria.
Press TV correspondent Maya Nasser was also killed in September 2012 after militants attacked Press TV staff in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
