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Israeli Army: new commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central headquarters killed
According to the Israeli military, Shadmani was one of the closest figures to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The Israeli army claimed on Tuesday, June 17, that it had targeted and killed Ali Shadmani, the newly appointed commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, in a strike on Tehran.
According to the Israeli military, Shadmani was one of the closest figures to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
He had been appointed just four days earlier by Khamenei as the successor to Gholam Ali Rashid.
Meanwhile, Kioumars Heydari, Commander of Iran’s Army Ground Forces, stated Tuesday that a heavy wave of drone attacks on Israel has begun, utilizing “new and advanced weaponry,” and warned that the strikes will intensify in the coming hours.
Meanwhile, Israeli media, citing Israel’s Home Front Command, reported that alarm sirens were activated in the Golan Heights following the suspected infiltration of a drone.