Overview
- Israel’s military said its Air Force, guided by Military Intelligence, carried out an overnight operation inside Iran that killed Naini, the IRGC’s spokesperson and head of public relations.
- Iranian state media and an IRGC statement confirmed his death and characterized the attack as a joint U.S.–Israeli strike, highlighting disputed attribution.
- Hours before he was killed, Naini asserted on state television that Iran continued to manufacture ballistic missiles even under wartime conditions.
- His death is the latest in a rapid series of targeted killings of senior Iranian figures since late February, including Ali Khamenei, Ali Larijani, Gholamreza Soleimani and Esmail Khatib.
- Regional exchanges continued as Israel reported strikes in Tehran and the Israeli military said Iran launched missiles at Israel, with separate reports noting damage to energy infrastructure.