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South China Morning Post
a day ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Iran's Revolutionary Guard leader Salami killed in Israeli strikes
Iranian state television confirmed the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in Israel's strikes on Friday morning. General Hossein Salami was the chief of one of the country's most powerful centres, and his death was a tough blow to Iran's embattled leadership, which has had a series of setbacks in the past 20 months of Middle Eastern war and unrest. Salami rose to power six years ago and had a history of threatening the US and Israel. Iran's Revolutionary Guard was created after its 1979 Islamic Revolution. Since it was established, it's evolved from a paramilitary, domestic security force to a transnational force that has come to the aid of Tehran's allies in the Middle East, from Syria and Lebanon to Iraq. Hossein Salami, 65, was appointed head of the Guard in 2019 by the country's supreme leader. File photo: AFP It operates in parallel to the country's existing armed forces and controls Iran's arsenal of ballistic missiles, which it has used to attack Israel twice during the Israel-Gaza war.
Reuters
a day ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is alive, security source tells Reuters
DUBAI, June 13 (Reuters) - 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.
Arab News
a day ago
- Politics
- Arab News
Netanyahu says Israel operation against Iran to ‘continue as many days as it takes'
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's attack on Iran would 'continue for as many days as it takes' after Israel announced it had carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites. 'This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat,' Netanyahu said in a video statement, adding that Israel launched a 'targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival.' Calling the offensive 'Rising Lion,' he said Israel was also targeting Iranian commanders and missile factories, and declared a state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile and drone strikes by Tehran. 'We are at a decisive moment in Israel's history,' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in therecorded video message. 'We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear enrichment program. We targeted Iran's main enrichment facility at Natanz... We also struck at the heart of Iran's ballistic missile program,' he said, adding that Israel had also hit Iranian nuclear scientists 'working on the Iranian bomb.' A witness in Nantanz city said multiple explosions were heard near the facility, and a senior Iranian official told Reuters that the country's leadership was holding a top security meeting.
