Tehran: Mohammad Ali Naeini, a spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed by US-Israeli attacks, the IRGC announced on Friday.

According to Anadolu Agency, the IRGC announcement came in a statement, the IRNA reported on Telegram. Since Israel and the US launched joint attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, killing some 1,300 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, hostilities have escalated.

Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries hosting US military assets.