Posted on 03/26/2026 2:21:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An Israeli air strike has killed the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) 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-Israel 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.
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Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem, reporting from Tehran, said Tangsiri was a “well-known commander” who was instrumental in shaping the country’s naval doctrine underpinning its strategy in the Strait of Hormuz.
“He’s been commander of the navy for years, the IRGC’s navy, and he’s known to have worked a lot on developing the posture and the technicalities of this navy,” Hashem said. “He’s responsible for also developing drones for military maritime use.”
Israel is hitting it’s targets right now whenever possible.
They want to knock as many names off the short list as they can, before President Trump decides, enough has been done for now. Time to attempt another cease fire.
Make hay while the sun shines!
According to this source:
Along with Tangsiri, the IDF confirmed the death of the IRGC Navy’s intelligence chief, Behnam Rezaei, and several other senior naval officers.
According to this source:
Along with Tangsiri, the IDF confirmed the death of the IRGC Navy’s intelligence chief, Behnam Rezaei, and several other senior naval officers.
They need to put one of his recent statements on his tombstone
Famous quotes by Alireza Tangsiri:
“ If the United States were ‘to clash with us, we would chase them even to the Gulf of Mexico”
“ The United States had ‘come to realize the Islamic Republic’s superiority at sea!”
“We will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, and we will deliver the harshest blows to the invading enemy.”
Statements by Tangsiri in response to Supreme Leader Khamenei Jr., as reported by Open Source Intel on March 12, 2026.
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“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.”
Absolute pikers! They need to take lessons from the IRGC.
At least the Iranians don't put up actors running around with stretchers and dolls, and AI videos as did the Gazans, along with absurd death totals. A month after October 7, Hamas was already claiming 5,000 dead babies.
remember that “gift” that Trump was referring to a few days ago the one that of course the commie media accused him of lying like “What gift” well Trump said today it involved 10 ships being allowed to pass through, what is being reported on some Israeli sites is what happened is that the one supposedly Trump is negotiating with, he called this prick telling him to allow these ships through, the IDF got GPS tracking of this pricks location and killed him
Talks are going very well indeed.
he probably would have been executed anyway
I mean how can you lose 90% of the navy you command and not be considered a failure and a traitor to the Islamic cause?
Nice blow to the bench depth.
The level of C&C degradation is pretty shocking.
“ I mean how can you lose 90% of the navy you command and not be considered a failure and a traitor to the Islamic cause?”
Da Nile is a river in Egypt, after all.
Majority traced to Iran's actions.
Some one should tell him it’s the Gulf of America now.
I first read the name as Transgirl.
It appears that they’re more honest liars than the Gazans.
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