In the Israeli strikes against Iran, Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed, the Tasnim news agency reported.
The officer, born in Golpayegan, joined the corps during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, when he was a student and began to rise through the ranks.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or Pasdaran for short, or Revolutionary Guard, was established in 1979. a few months after the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
The attack may have also killed the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army, Mohammad Bakari, as well as other high-ranking Iranian military personnel, the Shot Telegram channel reported, which published footage of one of the destroyed buildings in the Islamic Republic.
"The footage shows a building destroyed as a result of an attack by the Israeli army. According to preliminary information, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army, Mohammad Bakari, was there," the message said.
There has been no official confirmation or denial of this information yet.