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Time of India
a day ago
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- Time of India
Who was Hossein Salami, the chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli strike
Chief of Iran 's paramilitary Revolutionary Guards, Maj Gen Hossein Salami , was killed in Israeli strikes on Friday, AFP reported citing local media reports. Headquarters of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard were attacked as Israel targeted several sites across Tehran including nuclear and military sites. On the target were officials leading Iran's nuclear programme and its ballistic-missile arsenal. The strike also killed two nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, the state media reported. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2025년 가장 멋진 RPG 게임을 지금 정복하세요 레이드 섀도우 레전드 Undo Who is Hossein Salami Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was born in 1960 in Golpayegan. He joined the IRGC while pursuing college during the Iran–Iraq War. He raised through the ranks and became the deputy commander before replacing Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari on April 21, 2019. He was appointed the new Commander-in-Chief by the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. Live Events Iran's Revolutionary Guard was created after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and is one of the main power centers within the country. It also controls Iran's arsenal of ballistic missiles, which it has used to attack Israel twice during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The Guard is a major power center within Iran's theocracy, with vast business interests and oversees the nation's ballistic missile arsenal. Israel attacks Iran Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel struck Iran's nuclear facility at Natanz and targeted scientists. He added that the operation against Iran would "continue as many days as it takes." Iranian media also reported that explosions were heard in Tehran as tensions mounted over US' scheduled talks this weekend to win Iran's agreement to halt production of material for an atomic bomb. A state of emergency has been declared by Israel, anticipating a retaliatory missile and drone strike by Tehran. Meanwhile, Iran's air defence systems have been placed on full alert. An official told Reuters that Iran possesses enough material to produce 15 nuclear bombs within days. "Following the preemptive strike by the State of Israel against Iran, a missile and UAV (drone) attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate timeframe," Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.
New Straits Times
a day ago
- Politics
- New Straits Times
Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is alive, security source tells
DUBAI: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is alive and is being continuously briefed about the situation, a security source told Reuters, following an Israeli attack on Iran early on Friday. Iran state TV said nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi were killed in the attack. Israel said it targeted Iran's nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders on Friday at the start of what it warned would be a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from building an atomic weapon. Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions including at the country's main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, while Israel declared a state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile and drone strikes. Iranian state television reported that Hossein Salami, the chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards corps, had been killed and the unit's headquarters in Tehran had been hit. Several children had been killed in a strike on a residential area in the capital, it said. "We are at a decisive moment in Israel's history," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded video message. "Moments ago Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival. "This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat." Israel targeted Iranian scientists working on a nuclear bomb, its ballistic missile program and its Natanz uranium enrichment facility, in an operation that would continue for days, he said. An Israeli military official said Israel was striking 'dozens' of nuclear and military targets including the facility at Natanz in central Iran. The official said Iran had enough material to make 15 nuclear bombs within days. Alongside extensive air strikes, Israel's Mossad spy agency led a series of covert sabotage operations inside Iran, Axios reported, citing a senior Israeli official. These operations were aimed at damaging Iran's strategic missile sites and its air defence capabilities. Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport was closed until further notice, and Israel's air defence units stood at high alert for possible retaliatory strikes from Iran. "Following the pre-emptive strike by the State of Israel against Iran, a missile and UAV (drone) attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate time frame," Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel acted unilaterally because it believes the operation was necessary for self-defence. "Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. "We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region," Rubio said in a statement. "Let me be clear: Iran should not target US interests or personnel," he added. US President Donald Trump was convening a meeting of the National Security Council on Friday morning, the White House said. Israeli military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said tens of thousands of soldiers had been called up and "prepared across all borders". "We are amidst a historic campaign unlike any other. "This is a critical operation to prevent an existential threat, by an enemy who is intent on destroying us," he said. Crude oil prices jumped as the strike on Iran hammered global stocks and drove investors into safe-haven assets. US and Iranian officials were scheduled to hold a sixth round of talks on Tehran's escalating uranium enrichment program in Oman on Sunday, according to officials from both countries and their Omani mediators. But the talks have appeared to be deadlocked. Trump said on Thursday an Israeli strike on Iran "could very well happen" but reiterated his hopes for a peaceful resolution. US intelligence had indicated that Israel was making preparations for a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, and US officials said on condition of anonymity that Israel could attack in the coming days. The US military is planning for the full range of contingencies in the Middle East, including the possibility that it might have to help evacuate American civilians, a US official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. - Reuters
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami, two nuclear scientists killed in Israeli attack
Israel attacks Iran Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Israel's strike on Iran on Friday killed the country's Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami, local media reported."Major General Hossein Salami , head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the Israeli regime's attack on the IRGC headquarters," the local Tasnim news agency strike also killed two nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, the state media Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel struck Iran's nuclear facility at Natanz and targeted scientists. He added that the operation against Iran would "continue as many days as it takes."Iranian media also reported that explosions were heard in Tehran as tensions mounted over US' scheduled talks this weekend to win Iran's agreement to halt production of material for an atomic bomb.A state of emergency has been declared by Israel, anticipating a retaliatory missile and drone strike by Iran's air defence systems have been placed on full official told Reuters that Iran possesses enough material to produce 15 nuclear bombs within days."Following the preemptive strike by the State of Israel against Iran, a missile and UAV (drone) attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate timeframe," Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.
