Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was among the senior Iranian officials killed in Israel’s sweeping air strikes that began on Thursday. A longtime confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,

As the head of the secretive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami, was one of the most powerful men in Iran, overseeing its most potent military arm and reporting directly to its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, was killed in Israel’s attack on Iran. One of the most influential figures in the Islamic Republic, he was involved in Ira