New Delhi, March 17 -- Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday (local time) claimed that it had killed Iran's Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of the Basij unit, which is the internal security paramilitary militia of the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

In a post on X, IDF wrote, "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, widespread arrests, and the use of force against civilian demonstrators."

However, Iran has not yet commented on the IDF's claim.

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