According to a New York Post report, Mohammed Kazem, the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ head of intelligence, was killed Sunday alongside his deputy, Hassan Mohaqiq, and others during an attack on Tehran, the Israel Defense Forces says.
“[Israeli] fighter jets, following precise IDF intelligence, struck a structure in Tehran where several senior officials from Iranian intelligence organizations were located,” the IDF said.
“These officials played a central role in shaping Iran’s strategic assessments and planning terrorist attacks against Israel, the West, and countries in the Middle East.”
From The New York Post:
Kazemi had been the Revolutionary Guard’s chief of intelligence since 2022 and was responsible for leading counterintelligence and espionage operations — including weeding out Iranian citizens who opposed the regime.
Mohaqiq previously served as chair of the Guard’s Strategic Intelligence Division, the IDF said.
Kazemi’s death was first revealed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Moments ago, we also got the chief intelligence officer and his deputy in Tehran,” Netanyahu told Fox News in an interview on Sunday afternoon from an undisclosed location in Israel.
“Our brave pilots are over the skies of Tehran, and we’re targeting military sites, nuclear sites,” he added.
His death was later confirmed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
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