Hossein Salami killed， confirmed

 

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander Hossein Salami killed in Israeli strike, says Iranian state media

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Head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami speaks during a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the death of the late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on May 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Iranian state media confirms the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Hossein Salami in an Israeli strike.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is one of the main power centers within the country’s theocracy. It also controls Iran’s arsenal of ballistic missiles.