[Gateway] On Friday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that Iran’s ’main propagandist,’ Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini, was killed in an overnight strike.Naini, Iran’s very own ’Bagdad Bob,’ consistently spread propaganda of the country’s ’readiness for prolonged high-intensity war’ in the weeks before his death.
He was killed just a day after issuing a message on Iranian state television, which challenged the US Navy’s presence in the Persian Gulf.
Fars News Agency quoted him as recently saying, "Our missile industry deserves a perfect score... and there is no concern in this regard, because even under wartime conditions we continue missile production," and asserting the country’s missile production is uninterrupted.
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🚨 Big night on the eve of Nowruz, as multiple senior Islamic Republic commanders have been eliminated.
— The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷 (@TheIranWatcher) March 20, 2026
❌ Ali Mohammad Naini, IRGC spokesperson
❌ Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Basij intelligence chief
❌ Mehdi Gharish, aerospace forces commander
❌ Kavous Dehrood, special forces… pic.twitter.com/82IS0YHoaT