Iran confirmed Monday a targeted Israeli air strike killed the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval units, Alireza Tangsiri, who Israel held responsible for the blocking of the vital Strait of Hormuz.
A statement seen by AFP carried by the Guards’ Sepah News website said Alireza Tangsiri “succumbed to severe injuries” from the attack last Thursday.
The IRGC statement said he had been organising coastal defences when he was eliminated and vowed “that we will not rest until the enemy is completely destroyed,” the AFP report noted.
Tangsiri was the head of the IRGC’s naval units and had repeatedly threatened a full…
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