JERUSALEM, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Israel has killed Mohammad Reza Ashrafi Kahi, head of commerce at the oil headquarters of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Israeli military said on Sunday.
Kahi was killed in an airstrike in Tehran on Friday, the military said in a statement.
According to the statement, the oil headquarters supports the IRGC's activities and military buildup through profits from oil sales, bypassing international sanctions.
The strike marks the latest assassination of a senior Iranian official by the Israeli Air Force since the joint U.S.-Israel attack began on Feb. 28, which killed Iran's then Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and sparked the ongoing conflict. ■
