Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has stated Iran’s forces will not be be deterred by the assassinations of commanders, following the killing of the revolutionary guards’ high spy, Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, early Monday.
Khademi “spent decades in quiet and devoted service in the fields of security, intelligence and defense,” Khamenei stated on Monday.
“Nonetheless, the unbroken ranks of the combatants and fighters on the path of truth in Islamic Iran, along with the self-sacrificing Armed Forces, form such a towering, deeply rooted front that terrorism and crime cannot even crack their resolve for jihadi ideals,” he stated.
Khamenei’s feedback got here in a written assertion. He has not been seen in public since he succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated at first of the warfare.
Israel has focused dozens of senior political and army officers in Iran for the reason that battle started on the finish of February.
Khademi’s assassination was confirmed by each Tehran and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who stated he was “directly responsible” for the deaths of Israeli civilians “and one of the three most senior figures” within the revolutionary guards (IRGC)
Also on Monday, Israel’s army stated its air drive had “eliminated” Asghar Bagheri, Commander of the IRGC Quds Force’s Special Operations Unit since 2019. Tehran has not commented on the declare.