Israel Kills Three Top Iranian Leaders in Attacks, Trump Weighs In

Israel Kills Three Top Iranian Leaders in Attacks, Trump Weighs In

During a major escalation launched on Thursday, Israeli strikes inside Iran resulted in the deaths of three of the country's most senior military leaders. The confirmed Iranian leaders killed are:

• Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri: Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces and the highest-ranking military officer in the country, second only to the Supreme Leader in terms of military authority.
• Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami: Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran's principal military force and a central figure in the country's defense and foreign operations.
• Gen. Gholamali Rashid: Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, also reported as head of the Khatam al-Anbia Headquarters, an important command center within Iran's military structure.

 

These targeted killings were part of a broader Israeli operation aimed at crippling Iran's military leadership and nuclear program, and were confirmed by multiple international and Iranian state media sources.

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Alongside these military leaders, Israeli strikes also killed several top Iranian nuclear scientists, including Fereydoun Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, further escalating tensions between the two countries. The operation marks a significant turning point in the ongoing conflict, with both nations bracing for potential further escalation.

 

President Trump Speaks Out

In a post to Truth Social, President Donald Trump posted:

I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to “just do it,” but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done. I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come - And they know how to use it. Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse! There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end. Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. God Bless You All!

 

This story was written with assistance from Perplexity and sourced from the New York Times, JNS, and Sky News.