The U.S. Central Command is warning Iranians serving in the Revolutionary Guard’s navy to abandon their positions following the Israeli strike that killed the Islamic Republic’s naval commander.
“U.S. military strikes on the IRGC-N will continue. Therefore, we call on every Iranian serving in the IRGC-N to immediately abandon their post and return home to avoid further risk of unnecessary injury or death,” Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, said in a statement.
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Cooper said the region is now “safer” due to the fatal strike, which took out the Guard’s Adm. Alireza Tangsiri, a U.S. Treasury Specially Designated Global Terrorist. The Iranian naval commander was the architect behind the Islamic Republic’s strategy to put a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and was reportedly killed in a hideout near the oil shipping waterway.
“Tangsiri commanded the IRGC-N for eight years, during which time the IRGC harassed thousands of innocent merchant mariners, attacked
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