Alireza Tangsiri, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy commander who authorized the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, was killed in an airstrike launched by Israel on Thursday (March 26), Israel’s defense minister Israel Katz confirmed via the New York Post.
Tangsiri, 64, was eliminated during a strike on the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, which is located on the strait, and is the latest high-profile Iranian official to have been killed following the assassinations of IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini, de factor leader Ali Larijani and anti-protest enforcer Gholamreza Soleimani. Tangsiri approved the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which serves as a vital waterway for trade along the Persian Gulf, in response to the United States and Israel’s ongoing ‘Operation Epic Fury’ in Iran and vowed to keep it shut following an order from Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the new leader of the Islamic Republic, who replaced his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after he was killed during the first day of the war on February 28.
“In response to the order of the commander-in-chief, we will deliver the harshest blows to the aggressor enemy while maintaining the strategy of closing the Strait of Hormuz,” he said via the New York Post.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led to a spike in gas prices as Brent crude oil once was again reported to be $100 per barrel while gas prices have shot up in the weeks since ‘Operation Epic Fury’ was launched.
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