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Israel said on Tuesday that Iran’s staff chief had killed Major Ali Shamdani, the oldest military leader in the country. IDF spokesperson Brig. Gene. Effie Defrin said in a statement that Shamdani was killed at the head office of the regime in Tehran.
“For the second time in 5 days, the IDF eliminated the Iran’s staff chief in wartime, the best military commander of the regime,” wrote the IDF on X. “Ali Shadmani, senior the most military official of Iran and the nearest military adviser of Khamenei, after a mety-stingy, was killed.”
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Shamdani led the central headquarters of Khatam al-Anbiya also Iran’s military emergency assignment about four days before he was killed, according to the Times of Israel. Shamdani was preceded by Major Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, who was killed in Israel’s initial strikes on Iran on 13 June.
In his role, Shamdani is said to have managed combat operations and Iran’s attack plans approved, reported Israel’s times.
NBC News reported that Israel took the commander “in the heart of Tehran”, “a” sudden opportunity “grabbing.
Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked the capital of Iran on Friday, with explosions that bloom in Tehran. (Getty)
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The Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on his English-language X account that Shadmani would take the place of Rashid after the Iranian military leader was killed in the original attacks of Israel.
“Given the martyrdom of Lt. Gen. Gholamali Rashid by the Vile Zionist regime, and in the light of the deserving service and valuable experience of Major Ali Shadmani, I wrote the rank of Major Gen. and he appointed him commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya (Pbuh on X.
On this photo released by the Iranian Red Crescent Society, rescuers work on the scene of an explosion after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Friday 13 June 2025. (Iranian Red Crescent Society via AP)
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