Sri Lanka, March 26 -- The commander of Iran's elite naval force, Alireza Tangsiri, has been killed in a strike in southern Iran, an Israeli official said, the latest high-profile casualty in the war that's now in its fourth week.

Tangsiri, who led the naval wing of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was reportedly killed in a strike in the port city of Bandar Abbas. The official added that Commodore Tangsiri had been responsible for overseeing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's chokehold on the crucial waterway has upended oil and gas deliveries from the Middle East.

There was no immediate confirmation from Iran, and the Israel Defense Forces did not comment on the reported strike.

If confirmed, the killing wo...