Israel Iranian claims the assassination of revolutionary guard general – DW – 06/17/2025

Israel said on Tuesday that it killed a high -ranked Iranian military man as to why he had described as the top general of Iran.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that General Ali Shadmani, who was named as the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Khatam Al-Anibia Central Headquarters-Parts, died on a strike.

Iran did not immediately accept the reported death, which is confirmed, then will be included in the growing list of prominent Iranian military data killed in Israeli attacks.

The Israeli army says it launched “several extensive attacks” on military goals till Tuesday overnight in western Iran.

“During the strike, dozens of surface-to-miss missile storage and launch infrastructure were killed,” the Army said in a statement on X.

“In addition, Surface-to-air missile launcher and UAV storage sites were hit in western Iran,” it said.

The statement included a video, which seemed to show hits on the surface to air and surface -to -surface -to -surface missile launcher.

Israel attacked the Iranian capital Tehran, the Iranian media reported the explosion and heavy air defense fire in the city in early Tuesday.

The Iranian media said that there were Soreli strikes in the southern provinces of Iran on the banks of the Persian Gulf.

India’s Foreign Ministry Hash said that it is vacating Indian students from the Iranian capital who has no means to travel to subjects, and is advising others who have the means of doing so for safety reasons.

“Indian students in Tehran have been taken out of the city for safety causes, through the arrangements made by the embassy. Other residents who are self-protected in the context of transport, are advised to go out of the city in view of developing conditions,” A statement on the ministry’s website Said.

It said that other Indian citizens had helped Iran to leave Armenia border.

The statement said, “The embassy continuously in touch with the community to increase all feasible assistance,” the statement states that this situation may issue further advice as development.

Leaders of the group of Seven (G7) meeting in Canada have come up with a statement that supports Israel’s right to self -defense, while it agrees that Iran “can never be a nuclear weapon.”

The statement said, “We confirm that Israel has the right to defend itself. We are constantly clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”

Soon after the announcement by the White House, the statement on Monday evening agreed that US President Donald Trump would lead the meeting between Israel and Iran.

The statement called Iran “the major source of regional instability and terror” and said that the leaders expected “the widespread de -conscultation of enmity in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza,”. ,

The statement stated that the G7 continues to closely monitor the wooden international energy markets and “with similar -ideologue partners, is ready to take a coordinated measures to protect the market stability.”

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the deployment of additional defensive capabilities in the Middle East.

He posted on X on Monday, “The objective of the thesis deployment is to increase our defensive currency in the region.”

He did not give any details what these military capabilities could be.

The Chinese embassy in Israel has urged Chinese citizens to return to the country from across the land as soon as possible.

The embassy warned in Tuesday’s notice, “Currently, the Israel-Irani conflict continues, causing damage to civil facilities and the number of civic casualties is increasing, leading to the security situation even more serious.”

The notice recommended Chinese citizens to leave through the land towards Jordan.

Israel has closed its main international Ben Gurian Airport “to the next notice”.

According to broadcaster Al Jazera, three land borders below Israel and Jordan are open.

US President Donald Trump has urged Tehran’s residents to leave Israel after killing the Iranian capital on Monday with heavy missile attacks at several places.

“Everyone should immediately empty Tehran!” Trump wrote on his true social account.

Tehran has a population of about 10 million people.

“Iran should have signed the” deal “, I asked them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Just said, Iran can not have nuclear weapons. I called it again and again!” Trump posted.

The United States and Iran were in the midst of Iran’s nuclear program when Israel started his attack on Friday.

Iran said that it could not go further with a meeting scheduled for Sunday when Israel was attacked.

Trump is leaving the G7 summit in Canada early, his press secretary said, “What is going on in the Middle East.”

Iran is one of the International Media Organization Reporting several explosions in the southern provinces of Iran on the banks of the Persian Gulf.

The London -based broadcaster said that the explosion was reported in those cities on Monday night on Monday night, in which the London -based broadcaster said.

Israel issued withdrawal orders for a northern district of Tehran.

The Israeli army said it would attack the military infrastructure in a part of the Iranian capital and warned the residents to leave immediately.

Earlier in the evening, the Israeli strike killed the offices of Iran’s state broadcaster.

The footage of the Iriba Broadcaster showed a live broadcast of loud explosions. The broadcast resumed after a small break.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli attacks have set Iran’s nuclear program “long”.

He said that Israel was not trying to beat the Iranian government. But, he said, if this happens, he is surprised.

In other development, Israel issued a withdrawal warnings for Israel’s N12 and N14 news channels, a few hours after the state broadcaster attacked the building.

It said that it would attack Israel from Monday to Tuesday without interruption.

So far, at least 24 people have died and more than 500 are injured in Israel.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Health Ministry said in early Monday that 224 people have died since the Israeli attacks started in early Friday.

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