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Israel launched strikes connected Iran connected Saturday (February 28 2026) starring to a broader subject struggle involving the U.S. and near the satellite acrophobic astir a bigger West Asia conflict.
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Several of Iran’s apical political, spiritual, subject leaders and scientists person been targeted by Israel, some successful the June 2025 struggle and 2026 attacks.
Here are each the Iranian leaders killed by Israel:
Ali Hosseini Khamenei
The former Supreme Leader of Iran was killed connected February 28, 2026, in Israeli strikes, creating a vacuum successful the governmental enactment of Iran. Khamenei became the Supreme Leader of the state successful 1989, aft the revolutionary laminitis Ruhollah Khomeini’s death. He was the commander-in-chief, with the last accidental connected each argumentation and spiritual matters. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) answered personally to him.
Ali Shamkhani
Ali Shamkhani, a long-serving and highly influential fig successful Iran, was reportedly killed connected February 28, 2026, successful Israeli airstrikes.
Shamkhani was a elder advisor to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and served arsenic the country’s Defence Minister till 2005. In his last months, helium was a cardinal fig overseeing negotiations with the U.S. regarding Iran’s atomic programme.
Abdolrahim Mousavi
Abdorahim Mousavi, Chief of Staff of Iran’s equipped forces, was killed connected February 28, 2026, during Israeli airstrikes.
Just days earlier his death, Mousavi had issued respective warnings to the U.S., stating that immoderate subject confrontation would beryllium an “unforgettable lesson” for President Donald Trump. He was cardinal to modernising Iran’s drone and rocket deterrent strategies.
Amir Nazirzadeh
The Iranian Minister of Defence Amir Nazirzadeh was killed successful Israeli airstrikes connected February 28, 2026. He besides served arsenic the Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) from 2018 to 2021.
Mohammed Pakpour
Mohammad Pakpour, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed successful Israeli airstrikes connected February 28, 2026.
He was the Commander of the IRGC Ground Forces till 2025, erstwhile helium assumed the relation of the wide main successful June 2025, pursuing the decease of his predecessor Hossein Salami.
General Hossein Salami
Hossein Salami, the erstwhile Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed connected June 13 2025, during a large-scale Israeli subject operation, codenamed ‘Operation Rising Lion’, that targeted the IRGC office successful Tehran.
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Salami is wide known for his rhetoric against the U.S. and warned conscionable earlier his decease that Tehran would “open the gates of hell” if attacked.
General Mohammed Bagheri
Gen. Mohammed Bagheri, the erstwhile Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, the country’s highest-ranking subject officer, was killed connected June 13, 2025, during a large Israeli subject cognition targeting Tehran. Bagheri was nether aggregate sanctions, some by the U.S. and the European Union.
General Gholamali Rashid
Gen. Gholamali Rashid, the erstwhile caput of the Khatam Al-Anbia Central Command Headquarters, was killed successful Israel’s ‘ Operation Rising Lion’ connected June 13, 2025.
He was tasked with readying and coordinating associated subject operations among the country’s equipped forces.
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh
General Hajizadeh led the IRGC Aerospace Force from 2009 until his decease connected June 13, 2025 and oversaw the country’s full ballistic rocket and drone programmes.
General Mehdi Rabbani
Gen. Mehdi Rabbani was the Deputy of Operations of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, and was killed successful Israeli airstrikes connected June 13, 2025.
Rabbani was a cardinal designer of Iran’s interior and determination subject strategies, including oversight of militia networks successful Syria.
Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani
Fereidoun Abbasi, the erstwhile caput of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) was killed connected June 13, 2025.
He was 1 of Iran’s foremost atomic scientists and was the caput of AEOI till 2013.
Following his tenure astatine the organisation, helium was elected arsenic a subordinate of the Iranian Parliament.
Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi
Mohammad Tehranchi was a salient theoretical physicist and a cardinal Iranian world fig who was killed connected June 13, 2025. He was the President of Islamic Azad University, 1 of the world’s largest higher acquisition networks, until his death.
Amir Hossein Feqhi
Amir Feqhi was different salient atomic technologist and world who was killed connected June 13, 2025.
At the clip of his death, helium served arsenic the Vice-President of AEOI and was the caput of the Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute.
Reports identified him arsenic a cardinal method fig progressive successful refining Iran’s uranium enrichment efficiency.
Akbar Motalebizadeh
Akbar Motalebizadeh was a elder Iranian atomic idiosyncratic and chemic engineering specializer who was killed connected June 13, 2025 by Israeli airstrikes.
He served arsenic the caput of the ‘Shahid Karimi Group,’ an organisation focusing connected precocious limb technologies.
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Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari
Ahmad Zolfaghari, a salient Iranian atomic idiosyncratic was killed connected June 13, 2025, during Israeli airstrikes.
At the clip of his death, helium was a prof of atomic physics astatine the Shahid Beheshti University successful Tehran.
Western quality identified him arsenic 1 of the fewer Iranian experts susceptible of atomic weaponry output calculations.
Ali Bokouei Katrimi
Ali Katrimi was an Iranian physicist, specialising successful atomic physics and explosives technologies. He held assorted roles successful Iran’s atomic and rocket programmes.
He was killed successful the June 13, 2025, attacks by Israel.
Saeed Borji
Saeed Borji was a elder subordinate of S.P.N.D. (the Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research) and an explosives trigger adept who played a pivotal relation implicit the past 2 decades successful Iran’s improvement of technologies related to atomic weaponry detonation.
He was killed connected June 13, 2025, during Israeli airstrikes.
Mansour Asgari
Mansour Asgari was the caput of the Research and Technology section of the S.P.N.D. He was an adept successful gathering technologies important for the detonation series of a atomic weapon.
General Mahmoud Bagheri
Gen. Mahmoud Bagheri was the erstwhile Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces. A seasoned of the Iran-Iraq war, helium was considered the apical subject encephalon and a cardinal strategist for Iran.
He was killed connected June 13, 2025, during Israeli airstrikes.
General Davoud Sheikhian
General Sheikhian was a elder commandant of the I.R.G.C.’s Aerospace Force and was killed connected June 13, 2025, successful Israeli airstrikes.
General Mohammad Bagher Taherpour
Gen. Taherpour was a elder commandant successful the I.R.G.C. and was killed connected June 13, 2025. He was identified by Israel arsenic 1 of the six astir elder subject commanders killed during the strikes, a determination intended to cripple Iran’s subject capabilities.
General Mansour Safarpour
Gen. Safarpour served arsenic Brigadier General wrong the I.R.G.C. ‘s Aerospace unit and was killed connected June 13, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes.
General Masoud Tayyeb
Gen. Tayyeb served arsenic a spokesperson for the I.R.G.C. Aerospace Force and was killed connected June 13, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes
General Khosro Hasani
General Hasani was killed connected June 13, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes. At the clip of his death, helium served arsenic the Deputy caput of the I.R.G.C.’s Aerospace force.
General Javad Jarsara
General Jarsara served arsenic a spokesperson for the I.R.G.C. Aerospace Force and was killed connected June 13, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes.
General Mohammad Kazemi
General Kazebi served arsenic the commandant of the I.R.G.C. ‘s Intelligence Organisation from June 2022 until his decease connected June 15, 2025, from Israeli airstrikes.
He was reportedly adjacent to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and was liable for monitoring dissent wrong the military.
General Hassan Mohaghegh
General Mohaghegh served arsenic the Deputy Head of the IRGC Intelligence Organisation and was considered arsenic the antheral down Iran’s interior information and counter-intelligence strategies.
He was killed connected June 15, 2025, successful Israeli airstrikes.
General Mohsen Bagheri
General Bagheri was the Head of the Quds Force Intelligence Division and was liable for providing quality and operational enactment to members of the “Resistance Axis,” including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis among others.
He was killed connected June 15, 2025, successful Israeli airstrikes.
(With inputs from Reuters)
