A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Gen. Hassan Shateri, was assassinated on Tuesday. Gen. Shateri was killed in Syria by what Iran refers to as "Zionist agents," according to some Iranian news agencies. Shateri was a senior commander in the Quds Forces, the unit that serves outside Iran's borders training proxy militia and safeguarding the Islamic Republic's interests in places like Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan. Gen. Shateri's death underlines Iran's continuing involvement in the Syrian conflict.