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Israel says it killed IRGC oil headquarters chief in Tehran strike

Apr 5, 2026, 13:50 GMT+1Updated: 16:57 GMT+1

Israel’s military said it killed Mohammadreza Ashrafi, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official responsible for commercial affairs at its oil headquarters, in a strike in the Tehran on Friday.

"Ashrafi oversaw the commercial operations of the oil headquarters, activities worth billions of dollars annually that help expand the IRGC’s military capabilities and those of Iran’s proxy forces across the Middle East, including the Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas," the military said in a statement

The strike follows the earlier killing of Jamshid Eshaghi, commander of the armed forces’ oil headquarters, the statement added.

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