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Abdolrasoul Zarrin | |
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 Zarrin in the war with his Dragunov sniper rifle | |
| Native name | عبدالرسول زرین |
| Born | 1941 Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Imperial State of Iran, doshman ziari, gha'ah gol |
| Died | 1 March 1984 (aged 42–43) Khuzestan Province, Iran |
| Allegiance |  Iran |
| Years of service | 1979–1984 |
| Rank | Brevet |
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| Children | 7 |
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]
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- ^ ""تک تیرانداز" روایتی از یک گردان تک نفره + تیزر". ILNA News Agency (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2021-10-01.