RNA - Mohsen Khazaei was killed on Saturday while his cameraman sustained injuries and was transferred to hospital.
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.
Aleppo, once Syria’s second largest city, has been the scene of fighting between Syrian forces and terrorists.
It has been divided over the past four years between Damascus forces in the west and terrorists in the east, making it a front line battleground.
Backed by Russian air cover, the Syrian army in September launched operations to reunite the divided northwestern city.
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