Overview
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed Brig. Gen. Ali Mohammad Naini’s death and blamed a dawn attack by the U.S.-Israeli side.
- The IDF described Naini as the IRGC’s main propagandist and said the Israeli Air Force carried out the strike using Military Intelligence inputs.
- Hours before his death, Naini appeared on state TV praising ongoing missile production, pushing back on claims that Iran’s capabilities had been crippled.
- U.S. Central Command has cited roughly 6,000 targets struck in Operation Epic Fury, including more than 90 ships, reflecting the campaign’s breadth.
- Some outlets additionally reported high-level Iranian leadership deaths; those claims are not uniformly corroborated across sources.