IRGC spokesman killed in strike, Iran says

March 20 - The Times of Israel - The spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ali Mohammad Naini, has been killed in strikes launched by the US and Israel, Iranian state media reports.

The Tasnim news agency reports that Naini, who has served as spokesman for the IRGC since 2024, “was martyred.”

Israel has not yet commented.

Naini was quoted earlier in the day rebuffing a claim from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Iran’s missile production had been rendered inoperable.

Naini was quoted earlier in the day rebuffing a claim from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Iran’s missile production had been rendered inoperable.