The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Friday the death of Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naini, a top IRGC spokesperson responsible for public relations and propaganda efforts. According to an IDF statement, Naini had been actively promoting the IRGC’s agenda in the Middle East, coordinating with proxy militias to disseminate anti-Israel messaging for the last two years.
Posted on X, the IDF detailed Naini’s extensive involvement in these activities, marking him as a priority target. This operation follows a rapid series of strikes against Iran’s power structure. On Wednesday, intelligence minister Ismail Khatib perished in a targeted Tehran airstrike, linked to his role in suppressing protests and international terror plots targeting Western interests.
Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, Ali Larijani, a key advisor and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, was reportedly killed alongside his son in another precision hit on the capital. Iranian reports verified the March 17 incident. The IDF also claimed the elimination of Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani, whose forces were notorious for brutal crackdowns on dissenters.
Responding to Naini’s death, the IRGC decried it as a ‘martyrdom’ from a joint American-Israeli assault in Ramadan’s closing moments, vowing severe reprisals and calling it an act of ‘cowardly state terrorism.’ With multiple senior figures lost in quick succession, the specter of regional war looms larger, as Tehran weighs its next moves against Israel’s aggressive campaign.