THE Conflicts between Israel and Iran are raging onCountries exchanging deadly missiles throughout the weekend. The recent surge in military action began after Israel launched a “precise and integrated preemptive strike” against Iranian nuclear installations and military targets in the early hours of Friday morning. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) said in a press release That strikes were carried out with the “aim of harming the Iranian nuclear program and in response to the continuous aggression of the Iranian regime against Israel”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the objective of strikes, part of the “Rising Lion operation”, was to dismantle the Iranian nuclear program, which has long been a cause of concern. “This operation will continue for as many days as necessary to remove this threat,” he warned.
Iran has remained faithful to its wish to retaliateWith countries now engaged in a brutal conflict that shows no signs of softening.
World leaders have expressed their concern about climbing attacks, which led to death reports among civilians on both sides. Donald President Donald on Sunday Trump issued a serious warning to IranBy saying in the country of the Middle East, there will be serious consequences if the United States is targeted in “same way, form or form” in late strikes.
Later on Sunday, Trump said that even if the United States is not currently involved in the conflict, this could change in the future. “We are not involved. It is possible that we can get involved. But we are not at that time” ” He said to ABC.
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The first Israeli strikes targeted a number of locations in the Iranian capital, Tehran, including the seat of the body of the Iranian revolutionary guards.
Friday, Israeli Defense Forces (FDI) confirmed the deaths of three best Iranian commanders.
“We can now confirm that the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, the commander of the IRGC and the commander of the Iranian emergency command were all eliminated in the Israeli strikes through Iran by more than 200 hunting planes”, “ The declaration read. “These are three murderers of ruthless mass with international blood on the hands. The world is a better place without them. ”
An additional FDI update confirmed that another Air Force commander of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) had been “eliminated”. Scientists working on Iran’s nuclear development have also been reported.
Additional high -level deaths – as part of Iran’s military and nuclear staff – have been reported since this last series of the Israeli -Iranian conflict.
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Here is what you need to know about the figures that have been killed so far by the Israeli strikes.
Major-General Hossein Salami
General Hossein Salami, commander -in -chief of the body of the Islamic revolution guards, the main military force of Iran, was a key figure in the political sphere. It is understood that he directly reported at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Salami reached power about six years ago, and during his time as the IRGC General Major, he Men on several occasions Israel and the United States with military action.
After the death of 2020 From Qasem Soleimani, the head of the IRGC QUD force, who was killed on an American air strike on a basis in Baghdad, Salami said: “If they (Israel and the United States) threaten our commanders, none of their commanders will find a safe place” to live. A few days after Soleimani’s death, Iran launched a number of missiles in American military facilities in Iraq, without victims.
Khamenei announced that the salami will be replaced by Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour.
Major General Mohammad Bagheri
Mohammad Bagheri was chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, a position he acquired in 2016 who saw him supervised an estimate 610,000 people. He was the second higher commander after the supreme chief of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Born in 1960Bagheri was at the head of “the highest military organization American Treasury Documents Detailing the sanctions against the general in 2019.
Bagheri will be replaced by Major-General Abdolrahim Mousavias announced by Ayatollah Khamenei.
General Gholamali Rashid
Rashid was confirmed dead After the air strikes in Tehran, alongside his son. He was Chief Deputy Commander armed forces, and commander From the central seat of Khatam-Al Anbiya, a branch of the IRGC.
Rashid was essential in the operations of the Iran’s unmanned air vehicle program (UAV), mainly made up of the use of drones in the war.
In February, The general swore To retaliate against any strike on the Iranian nuclear program after reports from Israel and the United States to strike nuclear targets in Iran by “mid-2025”.
Rashid should be replaced by Major General Ali Shadmani At the head of the central seat of Khatam-Al Anbiya.
Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Ali Hajizadeh was the commander of the IRGC.
By announcing his death, The FDI said Hajizadeh “had gathered in an underground command center to prepare for an attack on the State of Israel.”
The IRGC described the general as “a prominent and influential figure of the resistance front and a symbol of development, innovation and defense and missile spheres”.
Ali Shamkhani
Ali Shamkhani was a Narrow aid to ayatollah khameneiand part of the Iranian delegation which obtained the Restoration of diplomatic links with Saudi Arabia in March 2023.
Despite be replaced As a senior Iran security official, just two months after concluding this diplomatic agreement with Saudi Arabia, Shamkhani remained a key advisor to the Iranian supreme chief.
In May, He said Iran would be willing to sign a nuclear agreement with Trump, subject to conditions that Iran could still enrich certain levels of uranium for energy consumption.
“It is always possible. If the Americans act as they say, it is certain that we can have better relations … This can lead to a better situation in the near future,” said Shamkhani, concerning possible discussions with the United States during The Trump three-country tour in the Middle East.
Gen. Gholamreza Mehrabi
Gen. Gholamreza Mehrabi Was deputy chief of intelligence of the Iranian armed forces.
Gen. Mehdi Rabbani
General Mehdi Rabbani was a leading official and was the assistant operations commander of the Iranian armed forces.
SATURDAY, The FDI reported that it had “eliminated” nine superior scientists And the experts responsible for advancing the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons program. “Their elimination is an important blow for the capacity of the regime to acquire weapons of mass destruction,” said a press release.
The scientists listed were: Fereydoun Abbasi, an expert in nuclear engineering and former head of Iranian atomic energy, who was also a deputy (deputy). Mohammad Mahdi, an expert in physics. Akbar Motalebi Zadeh, specialist in chemical genius. Saeed Barji, specialist in materials engineering. Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryani, a nuclear engineering expert. Ali Bakhouei Katirimi, a mechanical expert. And three experts in physics: Amir Hassan Fakhahi, Abd al-Hamid Mounoushehr and Mansour Asgari
Another scientist previously reported as killed by is Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, a theoretical physicist and A key expert involved in the Amad planSignificant program of Iran to advance the nuclear capacities launched in the early 2000s. Tehranchi was also the president of the Islamic University of Azad in Tehran.
Seyed Amir Hossein Feqhi was also reported as killed. Feqhi was deputy chief of Iran’s atomic energy organization, as well as on the Faculty of Nuclear Engineering of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.