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Commander Who Led Iran's Blockade of Strait of Hormuz Targeted by Israel
(New York Times-X) Yeganeh Torbati - Adm. Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday. Tangsiri had been leading Iran's effort to close the Strait of Hormuz to almost all shipping traffic. He was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the U.S. in 2019, with additional sanctions added in 2024 related to drone development. The commander of U.S. Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, said the death of Tangsiri "from an Israeli airstrike makes the region safer. Tangsiri commanded the IRGC-N for eight years, during which time the IRGC harassed thousands of innocent merchant mariners, attacked hundreds of vessels with one-way attack drones and missiles, and killed countless innocent civilians."