Seven Iranian military officials killed, Israel Defence Forces say

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have reported that seven senior Iranian security officials, including the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have been killed.

Source: The Times of Israel

Details: Israeli intelligence identified two locations in Tehran where senior Iranian security officials had gathered.

IDF says it can confirm the deaths of the following officials during the strikes:

• Ali Shamkhani, chief adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
• Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the IRGC. IDF says Pakpour led Iran's "plan to destroy Israel", and was responsible for missile and drone attacks on Israel, supported pro-Iranian groups and "effectively commanded the violent suppression of Iranian protesters during the internal protests last month".
• Salah Asadi, head of intelligence at Iran's military emergency headquarters and a senior intelligence officer in the Iranian Armed Forces' General Staff
• Mohammad Shirazi, head of Khamenei's Military Office since 1989. He was responsible for "the liaison between the senior commanders of the armed forces and the leader, and was a central figure in the top ranks of the Iranian terror regime".
• Aziz Nasirzadeh, Iran's defence minister, former head of the Iranian Air Force and deputy chief of staff. He was responsible for the "industries producing long-range missiles and weapons transferred to regime proxies, as well as for the SPND organisation, which advanced projects in the fields of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons".
• Hossein Jabal-Amelian, head of SPND (Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research). He was responsible for "developing advanced technologies and weapons for the regime" and promoted projects over many years in the fields of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.
• Reza Mozaffari-Nia, former head of SPND. He "advanced efforts to develop nuclear weapons".

Background: Israeli media, citing sources, reported that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and IRGC commander General Mohammad Pakpour were killed in morning strikes in Iran on 28 February.

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