Iran confirms death of Basij paramilitary chief
Published: 07:03 PM,Mar 17,2026 | EDITED : 11:03 PM,Mar 17,2026
Tehran - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday confirmed the death of the commander of the affiliated Basij paramilitary force in a US-Israeli strike.
'Commander Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij Organization, has been martyred,' the Guards said on their Sepah News website, after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike.