Iran’s propaganda machine took another direct hit Friday after the IDF confirmed Ali Mohammad Naini, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman and deputy public-relations chief, was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes.
Reuters reported the death, marking yet another blow to a regime already reeling from a rapid succession of leadership losses under the Trump-backed military campaign.
Naini was not just another spokesman. He was one of the public faces tasked with projecting strength as Tehran tried to convince its own people, and the outside world, that the regime still had command.
His death comes just days after Iran confirmed the killings of Ali Larijani, a central power broker in Tehran, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij paramilitary force long associated with crushing dissent at home. Reuters has separately reported both deaths.
Hours before he was killed, Naini was still insisting the regime had fight left in it. “These people expect the war to continue until the enemy is completely exhausted,” he said. “This war must end when the shadow of war is lifted from the country.”
AP reported Friday that Iran was still claiming it could produce missiles despite nearly three weeks of war and repeated U.S.-Israeli strikes.
His comments were a direct rebuttal to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said Thursday that Iran “has no ability to enrich uranium, and no ability to produce ballistic missiles.” Netanyahu added: “We are continuing to crush these capabilities. We will crush them to dust, to ashes.”
đź”´ELIMINATED: Ali Mohammad Naini, the Spokesperson and Head of the Public Relations Array of the IRGC.
Naini served in several propaganda and public relations roles. In his role as the IRGC's main propagandist for the past 2 years, he disseminated the regime's terrorist… pic.twitter.com/e29Elb16FS
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