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From the Associated Press: Iranian state television says the head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, is feared dead after an Israeli attack.
It added that one other top Guard official, as well as two nuclear scientists, were also feared dead.
The report offered few other details.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, created after its 1979 Islamic Revolution, is one of the main power centers within the country’s theocracy. It also controls Iran’s arsenal of ballistic missiles, which it has used to attack Israel twice during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
The Jerusalem Post also reported: The likelihood is increasing that the Iranian General Staff, including the Iranian Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri, and senior nuclear scientists were killed in the opening strike of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, early Friday morning.
CNN also confirmed the report:
🚨 BREAKING: The ENTIRE Iranian general staff, including the head of the general staff of the military and several senior Iranian nuclear scientists “ALL eliminated” tonight, intel suggests.
Whoa. pic.twitter.com/3vFRbaYeP8
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 13, 2025
🚨 JUST IN: The Israeli military has KlLLED Iran’s Military Chief of Staff in a targeted strike, per Fox
Netanyahu says Iran has enriched enough Uranium for nine atomic bombs. pic.twitter.com/VSU5t87iGZ
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 13, 2025
Iranian state news channel has already displayed a black ribbon, mentioning the possible assassination of General Salami, General Rashid, Dr. Tehranchi, and Dr. Abbasi. pic.twitter.com/eo7N71YjmW
— Ashkan Kalashy (@AshkanKalashy) June 13, 2025
🚨 TARGETS: If reports of #assassination strikes are accurate, the most probable high-value military figures include:
▪️ Mohammad Bagheri – Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces
▪️ Hossein Salami – Commander of the #IRGC
▪️ Amir Ali Hajizadeh – Commander of IRGC Aerospace Forces pic.twitter.com/ibgrt2XgYz— Ardavan M. Khoshnood (اردوان م. خوشنود) (@ardavank) June 13, 2025
BREAKING
Islamic Republic of Iran state media says the top commander of the IRGC, Hossein Salami, was targeted in the Israeli airstrikes and is dead.
(IRGC: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) pic.twitter.com/Yc8Nmv9gO4
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 13, 2025
General Mike Flynn, former Trump national security advisor, provided the following details and commentary:
Israeli Defense Forces targets and current SITREP.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are targeting:
1. Top Iranian political and science officials.
2. There are reports of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles inbound to Israel. 3. Top Iranian nuclear sites are being hit in Iran.
4. IDF targeting nuclear research facility reactors. Destruction of these reactors do not pose the danger major Nuclear plants do. This is where Iran uranium enrichment takes place.
5. In Iraq BIAP (Bagdad International Airport) is reportedly being hit as well and Iraq is closing its airspace. Hitting BIAP is most likely hitting Iranian military personal in Iraq (why are they there?).
6. Iranian Chief of Staff KIA (see photo below).Enough for now. Daybreak is occurring, target damage assessment as well as massive diplomatic fallout will play out in the hours and days ahead. This is far from over. Action, reaction, counteraction.
War results when political leaders fail. The United States of America cannot get mixed down in another Middle East war. China is eating our lunch and we have to get America back to fighting strength.
ATTENTION:
Israeli Defense Forces targets and current SITREP.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are targeting:
1. Top Iranian political and science officials.
2. There are reports of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles inbound to Israel. 3. Top Iranian nuclear sites are being hit… pic.twitter.com/ufpiNmwqV3— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) June 13, 2025
🇮🇷 "IRAN WARNS ISRAEL"
Iran warns Israel against attacking the country's nuclear facilities.
Hossein Salami, commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps:
"If srael attacks Iran, it would be met with a “history-making” response that would go far beyond Iran’s… pic.twitter.com/ENxVLLKYj6
— WORLD AT WAR (@World_At_War_6) June 12, 2025
This is a developing story…
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