# Israel says it killed senior IRGC oil official in Tehran strike
*Israeli officials say a strike in Tehran killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, a senior figure in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ oil headquarters, as Israel claimed fresh attacks on infrastructure tied to Iran’s missile and drone programmes.*
The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, the head of commerce at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ oil headquarters, in an airstrike in Tehran two days earlier. The claim was reported by the Jerusalem Post, which said the air force carried out the strike on Friday.
According to the report, the IRGC’s Oil Headquarters generates billions of dollars in profits through oil sales that support the guard corps and its wider network of proxies. The military said Kahi played a role in advancing the development of the IRGC and its regional partners, including the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas.
The statement came alongside a broader Israeli claim that it had struck more than 120 sites in central and western Iran over the previous day. Those targets reportedly included infrastructure linked to ballistic missiles, drone storage and deployment facilities, and air defence systems. Israel said the destroyed sites threatened Israeli aircraft and that their destruction helped maintain its airspace superiority over Iran.
The evidence packet also says that last week Israel had already struck and killed Jamshid Eshaqi, described as the commander of Iran’s Oil Headquarters. In the new account, the military framed the latest strike as part of the same campaign against personnel who help finance, arm or organise Iran’s regional network.
What the packet does not provide is an independent confirmation of the death or a statement from Iranian authorities. The report therefore supports a narrower conclusion than the military’s own framing: Israel says it killed a senior IRGC commerce figure in Tehran, and it presented that killing as part of a wider effort to weaken infrastructure tied to Iran’s military and proxy operations.
The significance is both operational and political. Operationally, the strike adds another example of Israel targeting people it says are part of the financial and logistical machinery of the IRGC. Politically, it shows the conflict expanding well beyond the battlefield into the systems that fund missile production, drone deployment and militia support.
The packet places the strike in the context of the broader Iran-Israel confrontation that has already produced repeated claims of hits on military and industrial targets. By naming a commerce chief rather than a battlefield commander, the report suggests Israel is widening the category of personnel it regards as legitimate military targets in the campaign.
Bottom line
Israel says it killed a senior IRGC oil official in Tehran and used the announcement to underscore a broader strike campaign against Iran-linked missile, drone and air defence infrastructure.
