US Central Command Confirms Death Of Iran’s IRGC Navy Commander

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday confirmed the death of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy commander by an Israeli airstrike.

Anadolu Ajansi reported CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a statement that the IRGC, under Adm. Alireza Tangsiri’s command for eight years, "harassed thousands of innocent merchant mariners, attacked hundreds of vessels with one way attack drones and missiles, and killed countless innocent civilians."

It reported an Israeli official said Thursday that Tangsiri was killed in an airstrike in Iran’s southern city of Bandar Abbas, saying the Iranian commander was responsible for closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

-- BERNAMA-ANADOLU