March 20, 2026 | 03:56 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced its spokesperson, Ali Mohammad Naini, was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes, as reported by DW. It marks another high-level casualty in the conflict.
On its Sepah News website, the Guards stated that Naini "was martyred in the criminal cowardly terrorist attack by the American-Zionist side at dawn.”
Neither Israel nor the U.S. has confirmed the claim. However, Iranian state media also reported that Naini, who had served as the IRGC's spokesperson since 2024, was killed during the strikes.
According to The Times of India, the brigadier general had previously dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s navy had been destroyed, even daring Washington to send its ships into the Persian Gulf. He also insisted that Iran continue producing missiles despite the ongoing strikes.
“Didn’t Trump say that Iran’s navy has been destroyed? If so, let him send his ships into the Persian Gulf if he dares,” Naini said as quoted by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
“Our missile industry deserves a perfect score… and there is no concern in this regard, because even under wartime conditions we continue missile production,” he said, cited the Fars news agency.
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