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Thursday, March 26, 2026
US says killing of Iran Navy commander ‘makes the region safer’
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This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website Sepah News on February 1, 2025, shows IRGC navy commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri talking to a reporter during the unveiling of the Qadr-380 naval cruise missile in an undisclosed location in Iran. (SEPAH NEWS / AFP)
The US military says an Israeli airstrike that killed the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Navy “makes the region safer.”
Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), adds in a statement that every Iranian serving in the IRGC Navy should “abandon their post and return home to avoid further risk of unnecessary injury or death.”
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