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Fake phone calls, planted leaks and genetic profiling: How Mossad plotted assassinations of Iran leaders
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, IRGC Aerospace Force commander, and his deputies were allegedly lured to a Mossad-arranged meeting, where a single missile strike killed them all read more Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major General Hossein Salami and commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, visit an underground of the new 'missile city' at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this picture obtained on January 11, 2025. Reuters A month after the war with Iran ended, fresh details are surfacing about Israel's targeted assassinations of senior Iranian officials and the severe damage inflicted on the Islamic Republic. Iran International, an opposition-linked outlet, in one of its reports has described the events as 'one of the most unusual security and military defeats of the modern era.' Mossad allegedly lured Hossein Salami to assassination site The report claimed that Israel's Mossad intelligence agency leaked the date of an attack through an agent close to Hossein Salami, the IRGC commander, to draw him to a preplanned assassination site. It further revealed that Amir Ali Hajizadeh, IRGC Aerospace Force commander, and his deputies were lured to a Mossad-arranged meeting, where a single missile strike killed them all. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The fake phone call inviting them was reportedly so convincing that they rushed to attend the 'meeting'. Assassination of Ali Shadmani Mossad's deep infiltration into the lives of Iranian officials enabled the assassination of Ali Shadmani, who succeeded Gholam Ali Rashid as commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, just four days after Rashid's death. Iran International reported that Mossad tracked Shadmani using a sophisticated operation, obtaining a DNA sample digitally and employing AI-based facial recognition and genetic profiling. Malware planted in Tehran's security cameras located him in the Zaferania neighbourhood, where he was killed by a drone strike on June 27. In another counterintelligence operation, the head of IRGC intelligence, Mohammad Kazemi, and two deputies were killed after an agent lured them to a safe house in Kurdbacheh alley. Israeli forces delayed the strike until a nearby kindergarten was empty, hitting the house 10 minutes later, killing Kazemi and his deputies. The site's proximity to two kindergartens and a girls' school also raises questions about the Revolutionary Guards' potential use of civilians as human shields. Iran's communications minister reported on Tuesday that the country faced over 20,000 cyberattacks during the war. 'In many cases, we managed to counter the attacks,' he stated. Meanwhile, Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani reported 1,062 deaths during the conflict with Israel, including 102 women and 38 children.
The Hindu
18-06-2025
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- The Hindu
Israel-Iran conflict: What is Iran's Fattah missile capable of?
Amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, Tehran confirmed the launch of its domestically developed hypersonic missile, Fattah-1, during a coordinated nighttime attack. According to Iranian state media, Fattah was deployed to target strategic locations inside Israel, with reports of damage and fires in Tel Aviv and central districts. Also Read: A brief history of Iran and Israel's escalating conflict: Timeline What is the Fattah missile? The Fattah, meaning 'Conqueror' in Persian, is Iran's first domestically designed hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile. Developed by the IRGC Aerospace Force and unveiled on June 6, 2023, it features solid-fuel propulsion and a two-stage setup. Iran claims a range of approximately 1,400 km and terminal speeds between Mach 13 and Mach 15, allowing it to strike targets across the Middle East, including Israel. How fast and far can Fattah reach? Tehran asserts the missile achieves speeds up to 15 times the speed of sound and can travel up to 1,400 km, placing strategic targets, including US and Israeli military bases, within its striking range. Has Fattah been used in combat before? In October 2024, Fattah‑1 was reportedly employed during 'Operation True Promise II' against Israel, in retaliation for Israel's assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. More recently, during escalating tensions in mid‑June 2025, Iran confirmed the launch of Fattah‑1 missiles at Israel amid nighttime barrage operations. While Iranian state media claims strikes caused fires in Tel Aviv and central Israel. What is Iran's Fattah capable of? Iran's state television reported that the missile could pass through any regional missile defence system, though it offered no evidence to support the claim. The TV broadcast what appeared to be a model of the missile being unveiled by Iran's Revolutionary Guard before President Ebrahim Raisi. In November 2022, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh of the Revolutionary Guard claimed that Iran had created a hypersonic missile, without offering any evidence in support. Iran positions Fattah as a high-speed, manoeuvrable missile platform capable of offsetting Western and Israeli air-defence systems.
Egypt Independent
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps mourns 7 commanders killed in recent Israeli attack
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Sunday the deaths of seven of its commanders, who were killed alongside the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir Hajizadeh, following an Israeli attack on Friday morning. This was reported by the state-affiliated Mehr news agency. 'Regarding the unjust and honorable martyrdom of a group of prominent commanders in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force – comrades of the martyred Major General Amir Ali Hajizadeh – among the senior martyred generals, namely: (Mahmoud Baqeri, Davoud Sheikhiyan, Mohammad Baqer Taherpour, Mansour Safarpoor, Masoud Tayeb, Khosrow Hassani, and Javad Jarsoara),' the statement reads. 'Although the martyrdom of these righteous commanders has left a deep wound in the hearts of the Iranian people and armed forces, their pure blood will, without a doubt, not only strengthen the deeply rooted tree of the Islamic Revolution but also increase the resolve of the great Iranian people and its revolutionary sons to confront global Zionism and its malicious and criminal supporters.' Israel launched a widespread attack on Iran last Friday morning, utilizing dozens of fighter jets in an operation it named 'Rising Lion.' During this offensive, Israeli forces bombed nuclear facilities and missile bases in various regions and assassinated prominent military commanders and nuclear scientists. The Israeli army confirmed that the attack was 'preemptive' and conducted under political directives. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the 'unprecedented' operation aimed to 'strike Iran's nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile factories, and numerous other military capabilities.'
Saba Yemen
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
IRGC: Dozens of ballistic missiles hit strategic targets in Occupied entity
Tehran – Saba: The IRGC has announced in its second statement on Friday evening that dozens of ballistic missiles hit strategic targets in the heart of the Israeli enemy entity. The statement explained that "the missile and drone units of the IRGC Aerospace Force, using precise and intelligent systems, targeted the military centers and air bases that were the source of the criminal attack on our country." It added: "The military industrial centers used by the Zionist entity's army specifically to produce missiles and other military equipment and weapons to commit crimes against the resistant peoples of the region, especially the oppressed Palestinian people and Gaza, were also targeted, along with other military targets deep within the occupied territories." The statement added: "Field reports, satellite images, and intelligence information indicate that dozens of ballistic missiles effectively hit strategic targets. Despite the enemy's claims to have intercepted them, it failed to counter the waves of missile attacks launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran." It added, "Operation True Promise 3, in response to the orders of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and the demands of the honorable Iranian people, is part of the Islamic Republic of Iran's response to the blood of innocents." The statement emphasized that this operation was carried out with force and determination, in coordination with all agencies and armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, noting that "its main message is that the security of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the red line of the armed forces." Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Yahoo
13-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Who was Hossein Salami, Iran's IRGC head killed by Israel?
Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was among the senior Iranian officials killed in Israel's sweeping air strikes that began on Thursday. A longtime confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Salami rose up the ranks in Iran, becoming head of the IRGC in 2019, when he replaced Mohammad Ali Jafari. Like many of his contemporaries, Salami's formative years came during the Iran-Iraq war that pitted the neighbours against each other and killed hundreds of thousands of people between 1980 and 1988. Salami began his IRGC career during the war and is reported to have fought in several battles and held leadership positions. His wartime experience gave him a badge of legitimacy that was one of the reasons he was then able to rise through the IRGC ranks. By 2005, Salami had been appointed as commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, where he was responsible for ballistic missile and drone development, before being appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC in 2009. As is the case for many in the upper echelons of the Iranian military apparatus, Salami was subject to sanctions in 2007 by the United States for his role in missile development. The United Nations Security Council also sanctioned him for the same reason the year before. Salami was also subject to Canadian sanctions for his role in subduing antigovernment protests in 2022, while the European Union sanctioned him for his involvement in supplying drones to Russia for military operations in his leadership of the IRGC, Iran strengthened the so-called 'Axis of Resistance', a group of allied countries and groups across the Middle East who were funded or acted in coordination with the IRGC, including Syria under the Bashar al-Assad regime, the Lebanese group Hezbollah, the Palestinian group Hamas, Yemen's Houthi rebels and allied Shia groups in Iraq. 'We shall fight them [our enemies] on the global level, not just in one spot,' Salami was quoted as saying. 'Our war is not a local war. We have plans to defeat the world powers.''With hearts filled with sorrow and grief, we mourn the unjust martyrdom of the loyal and steadfast commander, Major-General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,' the IRGC said in a statement reported by IRNA, the Iranian news agency, on Friday. Salami died in an air strike, according to Iranian media. The attacks killed many of the top military figures in Iran and notable nuclear scientists. Iran has responded by attacking Israel with ballistic missiles – the very weapon Salami had such an important role in developing for the country. After Salami's assassination, Ahmad Vahidi was announced as his successor. 'On a human level you will have gaps of knowledge when you assassinate people who decide military strategy, are fluent in multiple languages, have personal networks and charisma within the command chain,' Reza H Akbari, Middle East and North Africa programme manager at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, told Al Jazeera. 'But it's difficult to destroy an existing structure that goes with existing nuclear knowledge and the command chain within the military and security apparatus of the country.'
