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Israel has announced the death of Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Army

According to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, he was primarily responsible for the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Alireza Tangsiri, comandante de la Armada de la Guardia Revolucionaria
Commander of the Revolutionary Guard Army, Alireza Tangsiri. Stock Photo: Europa Press

The Israeli Government has announced that it has killed Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Army, in an attack. 

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has claimed that he died in an operation by the Israeli Defense Forces along with "several officers" of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. 

In addition to the head of the army, Israel was primarily responsible for the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Israel apparently does not intend to stop the offensive against Iran. In this regard, it has threatened to kill "one by one" the authorities and leaders of the Revolutionary Guard that currently control Iran. 

The Iranian authorities have not yet confirmed Tansgiri's death. 

Since Israel and the United States launched an offensive against Iran on 28 February, the Iranian authorities have confirmed the deaths of at least 1,500 people. Human Rights Activists in Iran has stressed that more than 3,000 people could be killed. Since the beginning of the war, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei andthe Secretary of the Supreme Council of National Security, Ali Larijani, among others, have been killed.

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