Iran’s IRGC Spokesman, Who Threatened Trump, Killed in Israeli Strike

Iran’s IRGC Spokesman, Who Threatened Trump, Killed in Israeli Strike

Iran’s Islamic Guard (IRGC) spokesman, Ali Mohammad Naini, who recently threatened President Trump and the U.S. Navy, was eliminated in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed.

“The spokesman for paramilitary Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been killed in an airstrike early Friday, Iranian state television reported,” the Associated Press reported.

“Before his death, Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini issued a statement insisting Tehran was still able to build missiles despite the attacks coming from Israel and the United States,” the news outlet added. “Trump claims he destroyed Iran’s navy? Then let him send his warships to the Gulf if he has the courage,” the slain IRGC spokesman declared last Sunday.

🔴ELIMINATED: Ali Mohammad Naini, the Spokesperson and Head of the Public Relations Array of the IRGC.

Naini served in several propaganda and public relations roles. In his role as the IRGC's main propagandist for the past 2 years, he disseminated the regime's terrorist… pic.twitter.com/e29Elb16FS

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 20, 2026

Naini, who served as the regime’s top propagandist, also ran Iranian psychological operations, media reports suggest. “Throughout the years, Naini served in several propaganda and public relations roles. For the past two years, he served as the IRGC’s main propagandist as part of the Iranian terror regime,” the IDF said in a statement.

The slain IRGC operative was also responsible for messaging to Iran’s proxy terrorist group carrying out a multi-front attack on Israel. He “disseminated the regime’s terrorist propaganda to its proxies across the Middle East in order to influence and advance terror attacks against the State of Israel from the different fronts,” the IDF disclosed.

The intelligence chief of the IRGC’s Basij force was also eliminated in an Israeli strike. He was taken out in the same strike that killed the chief and almost the entire top brass of the Basij, the regime militia responsible for massacring tens of thousands of Iranians in the recent protests.

“Earlier this week, the Israeli Air Force, acting on intelligence of the, struck the senior leadership of the Basij Force in the heart of Tehran,” the Israeli military revealed on Friday. “The IDF confirms that in this strike, Esmail Ahmadi, who served as the Head of the Intelligence Division of the Basij Force, was eliminated.”

🔴ELIMINATED: Esmail Ahmadi, Head of the Intelligence Division of the Basij Force, as well as several other senior commanders in a strike on the senior leadership of the Basij Force in the heart of Tehran.

Ahmadi played a central role in advancing and executing terror attacks… pic.twitter.com/M9mwVmlvH7

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 20, 2026

With the new ‘Supreme Leader,’ Mojtaba Khamenei, suspected of being killed or badly wounded, and the de facto leader, Ali Larijani, dead, the regime is virtually headless. As the joint U.S.-Israeli operation enters its 21st day, almost the entire pro-war military command has been eliminated in allied strikes. “Naini’s elimination joins a series of eliminations of dozens of senior figures of the Iranian regime during the operation,” the IDF statement added. “The IDF will continue to operate with determination against the commanders and senior officials of the Iranian terror regime.”

The Israeli Air Forces continued strikes on the regime’s terrorist and military targets, The Jerusalem Post reported:

A second wave of strikes targeted Nur, east of Tehran, the military confirmed on Friday afternoon.

Video footage shared by N12 News appears to show explosions in the Iranian capital, while also reporting strikes in other Iranian cities, including Parchin, Kerman, Arak, and Bandar-e Lengeh. (…)

Some of these strikes were corroborated by Iranian media. At least 16 “commercial and civilian barges” belonging to Iranian civilians were burned in an “American-Zionist airstrike” on Bandar-e Lenger, the IRGC-affiliated outlet Tasnim News Agency claimed.

Israeli fighter jets struck a building on Palestine Street in central Tehran.

Unconfirmed reports of a targeted elimination. https://t.co/ygrLP9zeIY pic.twitter.com/tod9fOHGGS

— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) March 20, 2026

Lebanon: Israel decimating Hezbollah leadership, dismantling terrorist infrastructure

After Iran-backed Hezbollah tried to open a second front on Israel’s northern border, the Israeli armed forces have launched a massive ground and aerial operation against the Lebanese terrorist militia. “As part of the forward defensive effort, IDF troops continue targeted ground operations in southern Lebanon against the Hezbollah terrorist organization,” the IDF disclosed on Friday.

The Israeli military is dismantling Hezbollah’s terrorist command structure and its fighting force, and dismantling its vast Iran-funded military infrastructure. “So far, over 2,000 terror targets have been targeted, including approximately 120 Hezbollah command posts, over 100 weapons storage facilities, and over than 130 missile launchers,” the IDF revealed. “In addition, over 570 Hezbollah terrorists were eliminated. This includes approximately 220 Radwan Force operatives, around 150 surface-to-surface missile operatives, two commanders with the equivalent rank of Major General, four commanders with the equivalent rank of Brigadier General, eight commanders with the equivalent rank of Colonel, and 22 battalion-level commanders.”

Since the latest round of conflict began, Iran and Hezbollah have been coordinating drone and missile barrages in a bid to overwhelm Israeli air defense systems.

As part of the forward defensive effort, IDF troops continue targeted ground operations in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah and have struck +2,000 terror targets struck:

📍~120 Hezbollah command posts
📦100+ weapons storage facilities
🚀130+ missile launchers
🔴570+ Hezbollah… pic.twitter.com/Np61e2CAZ6

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 20, 2026

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