IRGC Naval Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi. Photo: The Iran Project.

A senior Iranian military commander said his forces had obtained extensive intel from US sailors detained last month, Iranian regime-aligned news agency Tasnim reported on Monday.

Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, said the information was extracted from the sailors’ cellphones and computers. Fadavi also hinted at the possibility of making the data public.