{"id":1363893,"date":"2026-02-28T22:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/israel-has-destroyed-representatives-of-irans-military-leadership-names-have-been-named\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T22:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:56:32","slug":"israel-has-destroyed-representatives-of-irans-military-leadership-names-have-been-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/israel-has-destroyed-representatives-of-irans-military-leadership-names-have-been-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel has destroyed representatives of Iran&#8217;s military leadership: names have been named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Israel Defense Forces announced the elimination of representatives of Iran&#8217;s &#8220;top security leadership&#8221; during Operation Year of the Lion. The agency released the names of the officials it said were killed, but Tehran has not officially confirmed these reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported by the IDF press service.<\/p>\n<p> The statement said that since the start of the operation, hundreds of Israeli Air Force fighter jets, acting on &#8220;precise guidance&#8221; from military intelligence, have attacked hundreds of targets in Iran. The operation began after intelligence identified two locations in Tehran where senior Iranian military officials were located.<\/p>\n<p> According to the IDF, among those eliminated:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Ali Shamkhani is the secretary of the &#8220;Defense Council&#8221;, one of the key participants in the security decision-making process, and Ali Khamenei&#8217;s personal advisor on security matters.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Mohammad Pakpour is a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who the statement called one of the leaders of the &#8220;program to destroy Israel.&#8221;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Salah Asadi is the head of the intelligence department of the Supreme Command Headquarters and a &#8220;senior intelligence officer&#8221; of the Iranian forces. He is said to have participated in developing strategies against Israel and the United States.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Mohammad Shirazi has been the head of the military office of the Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989. The report called him a key figure who provided communication between the high command of the armed forces and the Supreme Leader.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Aziz Nasirzadeh is the Minister of Defense of Iran. He previously served as Commander of the Iranian Army Air Force and Deputy Chief of General Staff. According to the IDF, he was responsible for the production of missiles and weapons for Iranian proxies, as well as for the activities of the Defense Innovation and Research Organization, which promoted projects in the field of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Hussein Jabal Aamelian is the head of the Defense Innovation and Research Organization, which is responsible for developing advanced technologies and weapons. The statement attributes him to years of advancing projects in the field of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Reza Motaferi-Niya is the former head of the Defense Innovation and Research Organization, which the report says is involved in advancing efforts to develop nuclear weapons. <\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1363887 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11.jpg 640w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> The IDF said the air force continues to strike Iran &#8220;based on accurate intelligence&#8221; and &#8220;in coordination and cooperation with the US military.&#8221; The Israeli army also stressed that it will act against anyone who tries to harm Israel&#8217;s security.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/body-found-under-rubble-of-residence-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed-in-iran\/\">\u201cBody found under rubble of residence\u201d: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed in Iran<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\nIt was previously reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/izrail-atakuvav-ministerstvo-rozvidky-iranu-zahynuly-shchonaymenshe-chotyry-posadovtsi-u-vidomstvi-vynykla-panika\/\">on Saturday, Western airstrikes targeted the leadership of Iran&#8217;s Ministry of Intelligence and Security in Tehran<\/a> . The attack killed at least 4 high-ranking officials of the agency and caused panic within the structure.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that on February 28, Israel carried out preemptive strikes on Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/izrail-zavdav-preventyvnykh-udariv-po-iranu-i-khezbolli-v-livani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as well as attacked Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon<\/a> . A state of emergency was declared throughout the country. Later, it became known that the strikes on <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/udary-po-iranu-ie-spilnoiu-operatsiieiu-izrailiu-ta-ssha-zmi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran were a joint operation between Israel and the United States<\/a> . After that, US President Donald Trump confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/tramp-pidtverdyv-udary-ssha-po-iranu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the United States had launched a military campaign in Iran<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-masovano-atakuvav-ob-iednani-arabski-emiraty-u-dubai-horyt-p-iatyzirkovyy-hotel-ie-zahyblyy\/\">, in Dubai, a fire broke out near the Fairmont The Palm hotel on the Palm Jumeirah island after a munition fell amid attacks from Iran<\/a> . The Ministry of Defense announced the interception of missiles and confirmed the death of 1 civilian as a result of falling debris. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-atakuvav-dronamy-bahatopoverkhivku-v-bakhreyni-ta-aeroport-kuveytu-ie-postrazhdali\/\">in the capital of Bahrain, Manama, Iranian drones attacked residential buildings<\/a> . Civil defense is conducting firefighting and rescue operations at the sites of the hits.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Defense Forces announced the elimination of representatives of Iran&#8217;s &#8220;top security leadership&#8221; during Operation Year of the Lion. The agency released the names of the officials it said were killed, but Tehran has not officially confirmed these reports. This was reported by the IDF press service. The statement said that since the start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1363884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1363893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}