Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief killed in Israeli attack, state media says
The chief-commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Hossein Salami, alongside senior IRGC commander Gholamali Rashid, and nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi and Mohammad-Mehdi Tehranchi, have been killed in the Israeli airstrikes, Iran's official news agency IRNA has reported.
The IRGC headquarters in Tehran was among the targets of the Israeli operation, state media reported.
Israel said early today (13 June) it had struck Iranian nuclear targets to block Tehran from developing atomic weapons, and Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions including at the country's main uranium enrichment facility.
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Calling the offensive "Rising Lion," Israel said it was also targeting Iranian commanders and missile factories, and declared a state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile and drone strikes by Tehran.
