US EditionFactbox-Which Key Iranian Figures Have Been Killed in US-Israeli Strikes?
US-Israeli strikes kill Iran's Supreme Leader and senior officials, targeting leadership degradation and regime change amid sensitive nuclear negotiations.
- On Feb 28, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, was killed in a U.S.-Israeli air strike on his compound in Tehran, targeting senior leadership.
- Amid nuclear talks mediated by Oman, the strikes began, escalating a long-running shadow conflict with the United States naming it Operation Epic Fury and Israel calling it Operation Roaring Lion.
- Abdolrahim Mousavi, chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, was killed in the Feb 28 strikes during a Tehran leadership meeting, while Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, died at 67 in a March 17 strike in the Pardis area.
- Regional escalation has intensified following leadership decapitations, as U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Iran's core and spread across the Middle East, disrupting energy markets and shipping routes.
- Gholamreza Soleimani was killed on March 17, state media reported, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed Esmaeil Khatib died in a March 18 strike, deepening the leadership vacuum.
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Israel confirms one coup after another. In the 19 days of the war against Iran, U.S. and Israeli bombings have killed a dozen leaders of the leadership of the Islamic Republic. The list was opened by the supreme leader himself, Ayatollah Ali Jameneí, on 28 February, the first day of Epic Furia, the explosive operation that marked the beginning of the offensive against Iran. That same day, other political leaders and senior commanders of the Arme…
Decapitation Strikes Reshape Iran’s Leadership
Since February 28, coordinated strikes by the United States and Israel have targeted the upper ranks of Iran’s leadership, marking one of the most significant assaults on the Islamic Republic in decades. Carried out during nuclear talks mediated by Oman, the attacks have hit political, military and security elites in Tehran, disrupting command structures and […] The post Decapitation Strikes Reshape Iran’s Leadership appeared first on Modern Dip…
Iran: Rescuers search Tehran rubble after US-Israeli strikes kill senior figures
Footage released on 18 March by the Iranian Red Crescent shows rescuers searching through rubble in the Resalat district of east Tehran after a residential building was destroyed in strikes on 17 March.
US/Israel-Iran War (Day 19): Two Iranian leaders killed, two killed in Israel
President Donald Trump again lashed out at his NATO allies for refusing to join the war. The post US/Israel-Iran War (Day 19): Two Iranian leaders killed, two killed in Israel appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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