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Israel assassinated Iran's navy chief over fears he could lead a more dangerous IRGC

Israeli officials said Tangsiri’s possible rise to IRGC chief made him a higher-risk target than Ahmad Vahidi, who later took the post.

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Israeli officials viewed Alireza Tangsiri as a highly creative and resourceful commander, fearing he could become a more formidable IRGC chief than Ahmad Vahidi, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

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Targeting with Geopolitical Calculation: Why Israel and the US Killed the Commander of the Iranian Navy editor03 Fri, 10/09/2026 - 17:53 A well-considered move of high strategic risk turned out to be the neutralization of Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Revolutionary Guards Navy, who was killed in late March by an Israeli airstrike in Bandar Abbas. Exclude from news feed Off Live Description Off

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In late March, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Navy, Alireza Tangsiri, was killed. His death, in an Israeli airstrike on Bandar Abbas, is said to have been… How Israel “Chosen” the Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards - NAVY COMMERCE

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Jerusalem Post broke the news in Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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