Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, Hossein Salami, was killed in Israeli airstrikes early Friday. At 65, he was the most senior Iranian to have died in the attacks. Salami was thought to be even more hardline against Israel and the United States. Only weeks earlier, he had cautioned that Iran would “open the gates of hell” if either nation carried out an attack.
6 months Ago
Israel launched sweeping raids on Iranian soil, supposedly hitting key nuclear sites, ballistic missile installations and top military commanders. Those killed included Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff for Iranian armed forces; Gholamali Rashid, deputy commander of the Iranian military; and some nuclear scientists. The strikes were carried out despite U.
S. President’s warning not to sabotage nuclear talks.
Iran has since vowed to make both the U.
S. and Israel pay a heavy price, leading to fears of a wider regional conflict.
A military history rooted in Iran’s revolutionary past
Hossein Salami (file photo) The tough-talking general joined the IRGC in 1980 during the Iran-Iraq war.
He was appointed deputy commander in 2009 and commander 10 years later. A loud, pugnacious character throughout his career, he openly advocated war with Israel and the U.S.
And in 2019, after an Israeli strike on Iranian targets in Syria, he announced that Iran would “wipe the Zionist regime off the political map.”
Following another Israeli bomb attack against the Iranian embassy in Syria in 2024 that killed two Iranian IRGC generals, Salami said in the wake of the assault that the would take revenge, and that “strong men will retaliate against the Zionist regime.”
Salami has been both UN Security Council and U.
S.-sanctioned sin.
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