Cleric Killed at Home in Northern Iran, IRGC Media Reports

A cleric was killed at his home in northern Iran, according to media affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The report offered few details about the victim, the circumstances of the killing or any suspected motive. Authorities had not publicly confirmed the account or announced arrests. The report should not be confused with the 2023 killing of Ayatollah Abbasali Soleimani, who was shot at a bank in Babolsar, also in northern Iran. Further information about this incident was not available in the reports reviewed.