Abdorrasul_Zarrin
Abdorrasul Zarrin
Iranian sniper
Abdolrasoul Zarrin (in Persian: عبدالرسول زرین; 1941–1984) was an Iranian sniper during the Iran–Iraq War. Iranian sources claim he had a total of 740 confirmed kills during the war, with 2,000 shots that hit the enemy.[1][2][3][4][5][better source needed]
According to Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi, his friend and intelligence commander of the Younis Diver Battalion, Mousavi asked Zarrin six or seven months before Zarrin's death how many Iraqi soldiers he shot; after initial reluctance to reveal the number, Zarrin said more than 2,000 Iraqi soldiers are recorded in his notebook, with 740 of them being confirmed kills.[6] Jamejam newspaper agreed on this number.[7]
According to Iranian News Agency, he was one of the best snipers in the world.[5][8][9][3]