In the early hours of the day, Israel launched a large-scale aerial assault on Iran, targeting nuclear facilities and military sites, including the Natanz facility and headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran and Isfahan.
The attacks resulted in the deaths of high-ranking military commanders and nuclear scientists, including:
Major General Hossein Salami, the Commander of the IRGC
Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces
Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, the Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force
Taher Pour, the Commander of the IRGC Air Force Drone Unit
Davoud Sheikhiān, the Commander of the IRGC Air Force Command
Major General Mehdi Rabbani, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in the Iranian Army (killed along with his wife and children)
Prominent nuclear scientists among the dead:
Professor of Nuclear Engineering Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari
Nuclear scientist Mehdi Tehranji
Nuclear scientist Fereydoun Abbasi
Nuclear scientist Abdul Hamid Minoushehr
Nuclear scientist Amir Hossein Faghihi
Nuclear scientist Motlabizadeh
In addition, Ali Shamkhani, advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, was injured.
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ANHA
