A top commander of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in an Israeli airstrike Thursday evening.
Iranian state media has confirmed the death of Hossein Salami, the commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The 65 year old rose quickly through the ranks of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps since it was formed in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
After the United States killed Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, Salami took over his position as the head of the force.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, created after its Islamic Revolution, is one of the main power centers within the country’s theocracy.
