I don’t know how “elite” you can be when you’re at least the 4th ring of leadership in Iran, but the so-called “Elite Navy Chief” believed to be responsible for closing the Strait of Hormuz has been killed. See here: Iran's elite navy chief responsible for closing Strait of Hormuz killed in airstrike: reports https://t.co/FubVuGnxwV pic.twitter.com/jpXOSrvWZ4 — New York Post (@nypost) March 26, 2026 Fox News had more details here: BREAKING: The head of the IRGC Navy that commanded the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has likely been ELIMINATED in a strike HUGE FAFO! Alireza Tangsiri DIRECTLY commanded the closure and was targeted in the strike, per Fox Make a deal, or it keeps getting worse!… pic.twitter.com/SWqgWFQjsk — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 26, 2026 Time to update the chart: iRaN iS wInNiNg pic.twitter.com/7vvq3r8KAQ — MAGS (@TAftermath2020) March 25, 2026 From the NY Post: The elite Iranian naval commander who authorized the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to ship traffic was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with the service’s top intelligence official, the Jewish state’s military announced Thursday. Alireza Tangsiri, leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N), was eliminated in an overnight strike on the fleet’s home port of Bandar Abbas, Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a morning assessment alongside military officials. Tangsiri, 64, became the latest high-profile Iranian official to have been rubbed out after the assassinations earlier this month of IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini, the regime’s de facto leader Ali Larijani, and Gen. Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the paramilitary Basij forces. Katz said the strike was meant to send a “message” to the IRGC: “The IDF will hunt you down and eliminate you one by one.” In a separate statement, Adm. Brad Cooper, the leader of US Central Command (CENTCOM), said Tangsiri’s death “makes the region safer” and called on members of the IRGC-N to “immediately abandon their post and return home to avoid further risk of unncecessary injury or death.” The video player is currently playing an ad. “Since the commencement of Operation Epic Fury, 92% of the large ships in the Iranian Navy have been eliminated,” Cooper noted. “As a result, IRGC-N has completely lost their ability to project power in the Middle East or around the world. Now, with the loss of their long-time leader, the IRGC-N is on an irreversible decline.” The Israel Defense Forces revealed later Thursday that the IRGC-N’s intelligence chief, Behnam Rezaei, was also eliminated in the strike along with the rest of the service’s top command, whose members were not immediately identified. Tangsiri not only gave the green light to close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil supply passes, but vowed to keep it shut after an order from the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. “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 had said. There is no truth to the rumor that Tangsiri is currently enjoying his 72 virgins in the afterlife or that the 72 virgins turned out to be 72 virgin goats or that Tangsiri was actually happy to learn that it was 72 virgin goats.