The war between US-Israel and Iran continues. On Tuesday (March 17), Israel Defense Force claimed to have killed Iranian commander Ghulamreza Sulemani. The Israeli army said that it has killed the head of the Basij unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Forces (IRGS), who had been serving as the commander of the Basij unit for the last 6 years.

Claim of Larijani being killed

Israel has also claimed that Iran’s Security Chief Ali Larijani has been killed in the airstrike carried out last night. Larijani is counted among the powerful officers of Iran. However, Iran has not yet given any official response to these Israeli claims.

What did the Israeli Defense Minister say?

Israeli Defense Minister Coats said, Larijani and Basij commanders have been eliminated in the IDF attack. He has warned that we will target whoever plans the destruction of Israel. Till now no response has been given by Iran on this.

COMMANDER OF THE BASIJ UNIT ELIMINATED

Yesterday, the IDF targeted & eliminated Gholamreza Soleimani, who operated as commander of the Basij unit for the past 6 years.

Under Soleimani, the Basij unit led the main repression operations in Iran, employing severe violence,… pic.twitter.com/aJ0dNtCFz0

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 17, 2026

Israel posted on social media platform

War continues for 17 days

There is a war going on in West Asia between Iran and America and Israel for 17 days. The conflict in the Middle East began on February 28, when the US and Israeli coalition carried out air strikes on Iran. In response, Iran attacked Gulf countries providing US military bases and blocked the strategic Strait of Hormuz to exert pressure against the US and Israel.