Iranian lawmaker Javad Ghoddusi Karimi has reportedly confirmed “hundreds” of Iranian troops fighting in Syria.  Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) spokesman Gen Ramazan Sharif rejected Karimi’s statements,  “Iran has only advisers in Syria to transfer its military experience to the Syrian army.”  Karimi’s comments came the same day Iran’s Mehr news agency reported the death of IRGC  commander Mohammad Jamalizadeh Paghaleh.