Jerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsThis comes after four members of Iran's IRGC were killed, and several others were wounded in what the IRGC described as "terrorist" shootings in western Iran on the same day as the crash.Follow us on Google A man looks through a screen during a state funeral service in Enqelab Square, for military commanders and others killed in the recent war with Israel on June 28, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Israel and and Iran traded daily aerial attacks over a 12-day period until a ceasefire took effect on June 24.(photo credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)ByMAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFFJUNE 30, 2026 13:10Updated: JUNE 30, 2026 14:21The political deputy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy was killed in a car accident on Monday, according to reports by both pro- and anti-government sources.According to the reports, which appeared in IRGC-run Fars News Agency and the anti-regime London-based outlet Iran International, he was killed after his car overturned in the Kerman Province of southeastern Iran.Police forces and emergency teams arrived at the scene of the accident, and Akbarzadeh was evacuated to a medical center, where he succumbed to his severe injuries, according to Fars.The reports stated that authorities have launched an investigation into the circumstances and causes of the accident.It was also noted that earlier this month, Akbarzadeh was among those sanctioned by the European Union for supporting measures that restrict freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz - measures that led to the recent post-ceasefire tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran.The Epaminondas ship is seen during seizure by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, in this image obtained by Reuters on April 24, 2026. (credit: Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)IRGC members killed throughout Iran by Kurdish insurgency, connection unclearThis comes after four members of Iran's IRGC were killed, and several others were wounded in what the IRGC described as "terrorist" shootings in western Iran on the same day as the crash.Rojhelat.Info, an online resource that mostly covers Kurdish issues in Iran, noted that armed clashes were continuing throughout Iran between Kurdish insurgents and the IRGC.It is currently unclear whether the car crash is related to the growing insurgency - that is, whether it was an accident or a targeted assassination.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was quoted in a meeting with the Grand Ayatollahs in the Iranian city of Qom on the day of the crash, saying, "the enemies think that by applying pressure and creating insecurity, they would create the conditions for internal instability and the collapse of the country, but the unity, solidarity, and conscious presence of the people disrupted all their calculations and their goals were not realized."James Genn, Jonah Davidov, and Seth J. Frantzman contributed to this report.Follow us on Google