Iranian sources report that First Lieutenant Mehradad Basha'ei, an IRGC air defense officer, was killed this morning in American strikes targeting the city of Tabriz. The report has not been independently confirmed.
Iranian sources have now identified the IRGC member killed in the Tabriz strike as First Lieutenant Mehradad Basha'ei, an air defense officer. The naming follows the East Azerbaijan provincial government's confirmation earlier today that a US strike southwest of Tabriz killed one person and wounded several others, as The Zioneer reported at 02:11 Jerusalem.
The Zioneer's coverage of the Tabriz incident began at 02:11 Jerusalem, when reports of an explosion emerged. Minutes later, six explosions were reported. State media then confirmed at least one fatality, and by 02:11 Jerusalem, the provincial government issued an official statement attributing the strike to the United States and confirming the casualty count.
The officer's death adds to a series of IRGC losses in US strikes that The Zioneer has documented across Iran in recent weeks, including in Khuzestan, Lorestan, and Hormozgan provinces, where multiple IRGC members have been killed in separate attacks.
However, the identification of First Lieutenant Basha'ei has not been independently confirmed. Neither the IRGC nor US officials have commented on the officer's name or rank, and the report remains based on Iranian sources alone.
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