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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini was killed in an overnight strike, the Israel Defense Forces said Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Naini, who was the IRGC\u2019s spokesman and head of public relations, was \u201celiminated,\u201d according to the IDF. Iranian state television also reported his death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNaini served in several propaganda and public relations roles. In his role as the IRGC\u2019s main propagandist for the past 2 years, he disseminated the regime\u2019s terrorist propaganda to its proxies across the Middle East in order to influence and advance terror attacks against Israel,\u201d the IDF said Friday morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \ud83d\udd34ELIMINATED: Ali Mohammad Naini, the Spokesperson and Head of the Public Relations Array of the IRGC.<\/p>\n Naini served in several propaganda and public relations roles. In his role as the IRGC\u2019s main propagandist for the past 2 years, he disseminated the regime\u2019s terrorist\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/e29Elb16FS<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Naini\u2019s death comes shortly after he claimed that Iran continued producing ballistic missiles and suggested public support for prolonging the war.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThese people expect the war to continue until the enemy is completely exhausted,\u201d he <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cThis war must end when the shadow of war is lifted from the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He also said that Iran\u2019s missile production remained strong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur missile industry score is 20 and there is no concern in this regard because we are producing missiles even during war conditions, which is amazing, and there is no particular problem in stockpiling,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n U.S. officials have disputed such claims. The Pentagon has said recent strikes significantly damaged Iran\u2019s defense industrial base and crippled its missile production capabilities. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Thursday that Iran is firing roughly 90% fewer missiles than at the start of the war on February 28.<\/span><\/p>\n Naini is the latest in a string of high-ranking Iranian officials reportedly killed by Israel this week.<\/span><\/p>\n Among<\/a> them is Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, whom the IDF described as a senior regime figure and close associate of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDuring the most recent wave of protests against the Iranian terror regime, Larijani personally oversaw the massacre that was carried out against Iranian protestors,\u201d the IDF said<\/a> in a social media post. <\/span><\/p>\n Also reported killed were Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij Resistance Force, a paramilitary unit under Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n