The war in the Middle East continues to escalatedespite the announcement of the United States’ 15-point peace plan. Cross attacks, threats, and the number of deaths continue to increase, in a balance that according to the non-governmental organization Human Rights Activists in Iran Now there are 3,000 deaths.
One of the latest confirmed deaths has been that of the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Navy, Alireza Tangsiri, who was supposedly “directly responsible” of the restrictions on navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, as criticized by the Israeli Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, in a statement. The commander, who was 64 years old, had been in his position since August 2018.
“Today, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have eliminated the commander of the Revolutionary Guard Navy in a precise and deadly operation,” said Katz, who defended that the murdered commander was “directly responsible for the terrorist acts of bombing and blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.”
With him, in the operation “several officers” of the organization have also lost their livesalthough their identities have not been revealed. And, as the Israeli minister has threatened, the murders of senior officials “of the Iranian terrorist organization” will continue to be carried out. “The IDF will continue to eliminate them one by one,” he warned.
Israel, together with the United States, including figures such as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani; or the Ministers of Defense and Intelligence, Aziz Nasirzadé and Esmaeil Jatib, respectively.
Meanwhile, the United States has threatened that, if an agreement is not reached with Iran, they will carry out a “final blow” that could involve the use of ground troops, according to an Axios report, which cites two US officials.
The Strait of Hormuz has become one of the Iranian forms of pressure against the United States since the beginning of the war, when Iran decided to impose a naval blockade not allowing the entry of American and Israeli ships, as well as its direct allies, which has generated
Those countries that are allies of Iran, such as China or India, are allowed to enter. It is estimated that approximately 20% of the world’s oil circulates through the Strait of Hormuz.
