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- United News of India
Iranian media reports military desertions amid Israeli bombardment
Tehran, June 24 (UNI) Iranian news outlet Farda reported that a number of soldiers, officers, and military officials have recently failed to report on duty or have refused to follow orders.
According to the report, some personnel have fled their posts and gone into hiding, Iran International reported.
The report added that in response, senior judiciary officials within Iran's Armed Forces General Staff have issued harsh warnings to various branches, saying that 'any disobedience or desertion will be considered a serious blow to the Islamic Republic's security and treated as treason—whether motivated by aiding the enemy or personal reasons.'
Meanwhile, a senior Iranian police intelligence official was killed in an Israeli strike on Tehran yesterday.
Iranian media reported that Alireza Lotfi, the deputy chief of the Intelligence Organization of Iran's Law Enforcement Command, was killed in an Israeli strike.
Israel has claimed that hundreds of members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard were killed in coordinated strikes on multiple targets in Tehran yesterday.
On that day, Israel targeted several Revolutionary Guard, Basij, and Law Enforcement positions in the Iranian capital.
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