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Iran says IRGC spokesperson killed in US-Israeli attack
Ali Mohammad Naini, IRGC's chief propagandist, was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike amid a campaign that has eliminated multiple senior Iranian officials this week.
- On March 20, 2026, Iranian state media and the Israel Defense Forces reported that Ali Mohammad Naini, IRGC spokesman and brigadier general, was killed in a US-Israeli strike in Tehran.
- The United States and Israel struck Tehran during Nowruz and Eid al-Fitr, killing senior Iranian officials, including IRGC spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini.
- Ali Mohammad Naini served as the IRGC's public face since 2024; the 68-year-old brigadier general told Fars news agency, 'Our missile industry deserves a perfect score...' shortly before his death.
- The IRGC condemned the strike and described Naini as 'martyred' in the criminal cowardly terrorist attack by the American‑Zionist side at dawn; US‑Israeli strikes have killed 1,444 and wounded 18,551.
- Damage to Kuwait's Mina Al‑Ahmadi refinery, processing 730,000 barrels per day, and attacks on energy sites have contributed to global market disruptions, with Brent crude rising over 47%.
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Israel: Top Iranian spokesperson killed
The Israeli military announced Friday that the top spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed by airstrikes as part of the U.S. and Israel’s joint military offensive in the Middle East nation. The Israeli military, in a post on social platform X, said its strikes took out IRGC Public Relations Array head…
Iran confirmed that a spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in a joint US-Israeli attack, the latest in a series of assassinations targeting Iranian leaders.
IRGC 'Main Propagandist' Spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini Killed in Overnight Airstrike
On Friday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that Iran’s ‘main propagandist,’ Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini, was killed in an overnight strike.
Mojtaba Khamenei has still not shown up in public after being appointed to succeed his father. The Israeli army claims to have killed Esmaïl Ahmadi, head of intelligence of the Basij militia, and Ali-Mohammad Naïni, spokesman for the guards of the revolution, which Tehran has not confirmed.
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