The massive Israeli attack in the air strike left Iran's military leadership in crises, killing several major Iranian leaders – including the Revolutionary Guards head.
Sources said that at least 20 senior Iranian leaders were killed in Israel's strikes on Iran on Friday. Six nuclear scientists have also been confirmed in strikes.
These strikes came after talks failed to reach an agreement on the advanced nuclear program, which raised Israeli concerns that Iran would produce a nuclear weapon.
Below is a list of those who were killed:
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General Hussein Salami
General Hussein Salami, the leader of the Iranian elite, was confirmed at the hands of Iranian government television in a major blow to the Iranian leadership.
Salami, 65, rose, becoming one of the most powerful Iranian men after his appointment as the goalkeeper in 2019 by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khounai.
He was known for his threatening speech towards Israel in speeches – including in the 2016 discourse that claimed that there was “fertile land” for “extermination, survey, and the collapse of the Zionist regime.”
My cloud, Mohamed Bakbour, used to replace my safety as the head of the almost military Revolutionary Guards.
General Amir Ali is a barn
Israel and the Iranians affirmed that General Amir, on his barn, head of the revolutionary goalkeeper, was killed overnight.
The Israeli army said it was killed when a “underground command center” was struck where the Revolutionary Guard officials were preparing for an attack on the state of Israel. ”
Israel said that two other senior officials were killed in the same strike.
The Israeli army said: “A barrier has publicly declared its commitment to destroy Israel in various events in recent years and played a major role in developing the Iranian regime's plan to destroy Israel.”
Hazzadeh claimed his responsibility for the landing of the Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020, which killed 176 people.
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General Mohamed Baghri
Muhammad Baghri held the position of Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and was a military official in the country.
He supervised both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the rest of the country's army.
In 2019, Bagheri was approved by the United States along with many others in the inner circle in Khamnai, where the Treasury claimed that for decades “the suppression of the Iranian people, the export of terrorism, and the advanced policies to destabilize all over the world.”
On Friday, my crude is called General Abdul Rahma Mossafi as a new head of the armed forces, to replace Baghari. Mossavi was formerly commander of the Supreme Army.
Lieutenant General Golameli Rashid
Khamenei confirmed that Golameli Rashid, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in Iran, was killed.
Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani
Abbasi held the position of head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization from 2011 to 2013. Hardliner was a member of Parliament from 2020 to 2024.
Muhammad Mahdi Tahrashi
Tehranchi was the head of the Iranian Islamic University of Azad in Tehran.
Four other scientists were killed in Friday strikes, Abdel Hamid Manoshir, Ahmed Reda Zolvagari, Amir Hawzen Vei and Motalibizadeh.
With wires after
