Deputy head of Badr Organization killed in a car accident

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Abdul-Karim Younis Aylan, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, was killed in a car accident in the southern Iraqi province of Maysan on Friday.

Aylan and all his fellow passengers were killed when their car rolled over. 

Hadi Al-Amiri, the Secretary-General of the Islamic party, expressed his sorrow, describing his late deputy as a “stature of Jihad,” according to a statement reported by Iraqi News Agency. 

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi also expressed his condolences in a tweet on Friday. 

Known as Abu Maryam Al-Ansari, Aylan held numerous political and government positions throughout the years. He was also a drafter of the 2005 Iraqi constitution. 

He joined the Badr Organization established in the early 1980s and fought on Iran’s side during the bloody eight-year Iran-Iraq War.