26 March 2026
An Israeli air strike has killed the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy, Israel’s defence minister says.
The assassination of Alireza Tangsiri was carried out on Wednesday night and targeted other “senior officers of the naval command”, Israel Katz said on Thursday in a video statement.
“The man who was directly responsible for the terrorist operation of mining and blocking the Strait of Hormuz to shipping was blown up and eliminated,” he said.
Since the start of the United States-Israeli war on Iran on February 28, Israel has announced the assassination of several top Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and security chief Ali Larijani.
The toll on civilians is far heavier.
In almost one month, at least 1,937 people have been killed, including 452 women and children, Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Ali Jafarian told Al Jazeera. In addition, at least 24,800 people have been injured, including 4,000 women and 1,621 children, Jafarian added.
