Reports related to deaths and injuries
General Behnam Rezaei, IRGC Navy Deputy Intelligence Chief, and Alireza Tangsiri were killed in a military operation on December 15, 2025.
On March 1, 2026, Akbar Gharbani Zadeh, the head of political-ideological affairs for the Kerman Army Aviation, was killed in a missile attack; at least 12 other individuals were also reported killed in the same Israeli and American airstrikes.
The Qom Governorate announced on March 7 that 15 people were killed and 10 injured in an airstrike on three residential buildings in the Pardisan area of Qom, which occurred around 3 a.m. that day. Search operations to locate additional remains are ongoing, potentially increasing the death toll.
Nouraldin Gholipour, the IRGC Aerospace Forces commander at Imam Ali Missile Base, was killed in a strike in Khorramabad, along with seven family members.
Mohammad Ali Khodabakhsh, Commander in the Air Defense Division of the IRGC Aerospace Forces in Isfahan, was killed alongside his wife and child in the last 24 hours.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he extended the deadline for the Islamic Republic of Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz from seven days to 10 days, setting the new ultimatum for April 8. Trump stated that Iranian officials requested the additional time and expressed gratitude for the extension.
Adm. Brad Cooper, Commander of CENTCOM, stated that the death of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Navy (IRGC-N) commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri in an Israeli airstrike makes the region safer, noting that Tangsiri was designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the U.S. Treasury in 2019. Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, 92% of large Iranian Navy ships have been destroyed, significantly weakening the IRGC-N's ability to project power.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a video that the eliminated commander of the IRGC Navy, Tangsiri, had the blood of many on his hands and was leading the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
In a video message, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Navy who was killed, describing him as responsible for issuing the order to close the Strait of Hormuz and stating that Israel will continue with decisive attacks on Iranian targets.
One of the commanders of the Imam Ali Missile Barracks, Nuraddin Gholipour, was killed along with seven family members. Gholipour was identified as a member of the IRGC Sepah group.
The Israeli army confirmed the killing of Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the IRGC Navy, and Behnam Rezaei, his deputy for intelligence, in an operation in the Persian Gulf region.
Following recent attacks by the Israeli army on positions of the Islamic Republic regime in Isfahan, Mohammad Ali Khodabakhsh, a senior official of the IRGC Aerospace Force, was killed in Isfahan.
