Fake phone calls, planted leaks and genetic profiling: How Mossad plotted assassinations of Iran leaders

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22-07-2025

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.
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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.