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2 Apr 2026, 12:23

The Islamic Republic's Defense News Agency, affiliated with the Ministry of Defense, reported the death of Mohammad Ali Fathali Zadeh, a Brigadier General of the IRGC and commander of the Fatihin unit of the Revolutionary Guards.

This news agency did not specify the circumstances or timing of this IRGC commander's death, stating only that he was killed on Wednesday, April 12.

Now, the name of this IRGC commander has been added to the long list of officials and commanders who have been killed in targeted bombings by Israeli forces over the past five weeks. On the very first day of the U.S. and Israeli attacks, according to foreign media reports, more than 40 officials and commanders were killed alongside Ali Khamenei at his residence.

The Fatihin special unit is one of the units under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, known as the "Special Unit of the Basij Force." Members of this unit receive specialized military training beyond the standard training of Basij members and have previously participated in the Syrian civil war as well as in the suppression of protests in recent years, including in the fall of 2022 and January 2024.
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