Iran's revolutionary guards intel chief killed in Israeli strike: Netanyahu
Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi, the intelligence chief of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and his deputy General Hassan Mohaqiq, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in an interview with Fox News.He said, "Moments ago, I can tell you we got their chief intelligence officer and his deputy in Tehran." advertisementIsrael has launched an intensified wave of airstrikes on dozens of targets across Tehran, since the beginning of its preemptive Operation Rising Lion. This comes after Israel claimed that at least 14 Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in attacks since Friday. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) released a list of nine scientists who worked on Iran's nuclear program and were killed in Israeli attacks.
The experts include Abd al-Hamid Minoushehr (expert in reactor physics), Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryani (expert in nuclear engineering), Akbar Motalebi Zade (expert in chemical engineering), Ali Bahuei Katirimi (expert in mechanics), Amir Hassan Fakhahi (expert in physics), Fereydoun Abbasi (expert in nuclear engineering), Mansour Asgari (expert in physics), Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi (expert in physics), and Said Barji (expert in materials science).Must Watch
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