Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was not the only one killed in the Israel-US strikes on February 28. While Khamenei’s death led to a leadership vacuum and mixed emotions among the people in the Islamic Republic, the Israeli Defense Forces claimed that it “eliminated” some of Iran’s most senior security and defense figures.
These include the Khamenei’s top advisers, commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and officials linked to Tehran’s missile and nuclear programs.
On Sunday, March 1, the idf claimed that it “struck and eliminated 7 members of the top Iranian security leadership in Tehran and 40 senior commanders.”
Here’s a list of senior officials who were reportedly killed in the Israel-US strikes since February 28.
1. Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei
2. Abdol-Rahim Mosavi, Iranian Chief of Staff
3. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Past Iranian Chief of Staff
4. Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
5. Gholam Ali Rashid, Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (Emergency Command)
6. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force
7. Hossein Mahdavi, Commander of the Syria-Lebanon Corps of the Quds Force
8. Mohammed Sinwar, Commander of Hamas’ Military Wing
9. Yahya Sinwar, Leader of the Hamas Terrorist Organization
10. Ali Karkhi, Commander of the Southern Front of the Hezbollah terrorist organization
11. Ibrahim Aqil, Head of Hezbollah’s Operations Array and Commander of the Radwan Force
12. Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah’s Most Senior Military Commander
13. Hassan Nasrallah, Leader of the Hezbollah Terrorist Organization
14. Mohammed Deif, Head of the Military Wing of the Hamas Terrorist Organization
15. Mohammed Al-Ghamari, Chief of Staff of the Houthi Terrorist Regime’s Armed Forces
Other top leaders killed:
According to reports, including Iranian media IRNA and Tasnim News Agency, and Al Jazeera, Israel claimed to have killed these leaders as well:
1. Ali Shamkhani, close advisor to Khamenei and Representative of the Leader in the Supreme Defense Council
2. Iranian Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh
3. Mohammad Raad, Hezbollah’s parliamentary faction
4. Basij Major-General Shahid Mohammad Shirazi, head of the office of the supreme commander of the armed forces
5. General Shahid Saleh Asadi, deputy for intelligence of the general staff of the armed forces
mint could not independently confirm the death of all these leaders.
US President Donald Trump reportedly told ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent that the US “had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack.”
“The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates,” Trump told Jonathan Karl. “It’s not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead,” he added.
