The Israeli army said that Ali Shamkhani, a top advisor to Khamenei, and the head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Pakpour, were also killed in the strikes.

State media in Iran has confirmed the deaths of IRGC Chief Commander Mohammad Pakpour and Defense Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani, following recent events in the region.

Pakpour was appointed after his predecessor Hossein Salami was one of several key military figures killed in an Israeli strike during the war in June 2025.

Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi is the new Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC following the death of Mohammad Pakpour due to US-Israeli strikes.

Mohammad Pakpour, chefe dos Guardas da Revolução, e Aziz Nasirzadeh, ministro da Defesa, estão entre os mortos confirmados por Tel Aviv após ataque conjunto com os EUA.

Israel claims that Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in strikes on Saturday.

The official Iranian agency IRNA confirmed that the commander of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Mohammad Pakpour, and the secretary of Iran's Defense Council, Ali Shamkhani, were killed in...

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