Video shows Iran aiding Syrian regime’s fight against rebels

Iran has long denied that it is directly involved in the Syrian civil war, but that is a lie. CBS News has photographic proof that Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard is engaged in combat alongside Syrian government forces to put down a popular revolt that began two-and-a-half years ago.

Why does it matter? A human rights group reported Thursday that the death toll in the war has now reached 120,000, including nearly 43,000 civilians. And the State Department told CBS News one-third of Syrians have now lost their homes – the equivalent of 100 million Americans being displaced. We’ve seen rare pictures of Iranian advisers in Syria before, but we haven’t seen them fighting like this: Members of the elite Revolutionary Guard on the frontlines of Syria’s civil war.

The video was shot by Hadi Baghbanis, a Tehran cameraman who was invited to film a guard unit under the command of 33-year-old Mohsen Ismail Haideri, who offers a guided tour on camera of his battle sector on the outskirts of Aleppo.

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