**Iran's IRGC Spokesman Killed in US-Israeli Joint Attack** Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naini, was killed in overnight strikes carried out jointly by the United States and Israel, according to the IRGC. The attack marked the latest in a series of high-profile assassinations targeting senior Iranian officials since the war began. Naini, 68, took up the role of IRGC spokesman in 2024. Just hours before his death, he appeared on national television to assert that Iran retained full capacity to manufacture missiles, even under wartime conditions. "Our missile industry deserves a perfect score … and there is no concern in this regard, because even under wartime conditions we continue missile production," Naini said, as quoted by the Fars news agency. The Israeli army reported conducting strikes across eastern Tehran on Friday, coinciding with the Persian New Year, Nowruz, and Eid al-Fitr celebrations. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall, reporting from Tehran, described the mood in the capital as "hushed," with none of the customary festivities visible on the streets. Naini's killing is the latest in a string of high-profile assassinations that have gutted Iran's establishment in under three weeks. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening hours of the joint military campaign, and has since been replaced by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. Other notable casualties include Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and his son, as well as several aides, the head of the Basij paramilitary forces, Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani, and Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commented on the situation, saying that "the last job anyone in the world wants right now" is a senior leadership role in the IRGC or Basij. However, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggested that US and Israeli objectives may not be aligned, stating that while Israel has focused on disabling the Iranian leadership, the Trump administration's goals are to destroy Iran's ballistic missile capabilities and navy. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the killings as a means of opening a path for Iranians to reclaim their country, saying on Wednesday that the campaign against the country's leadership "will not happen." The differing objectives between the US and Israel have raised questions about the nature of their partnership in the ongoing conflict.