Top Iranian leaders are publicly mourning IRGC Navy commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri after the Guards announced his death on March 30. In their statements, Mojtaba Khamenei, President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei all framed Tangsiri’s killing as a martyrdom and praised his role in defending Iran’s maritime power in the Persian Gulf.