The Israeli military announced it had killed Gholam Reza Soleimani, commander of Iran's Basij paramilitary organization for the past six years, in a precision airstrike carried out overnight in the heart of Tehran.
The Basij - the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' volunteer paramilitary force - played a central and brutal role in suppressing Iran's recent popular uprising © Mena Today
The Israeli military announced it had killed Gholam Reza Soleimani, commander of Iran's Basij paramilitary organization for the past six years, in a precision airstrike carried out overnight in the heart of Tehran.
According to the IDF communiqué, the air force conducted "a precise strike" in the Iranian capital "based on intelligence provided by military intelligence", describing the operation as part of a broader campaign that has already eliminated "dozens of senior officials" linked to Iran's security apparatus, delivering "an additional blow" to its command structures.
The Basij - the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' volunteer paramilitary force - played a central and brutal role in suppressing Iran's recent popular uprising, during which thousands of protesters were killed by security forces. Under Soleimani's command, the organization served as the regime's most feared internal repression tool, the front line against Iran's own population.
His elimination removes one of the key architects of that repression from the battlefield.
Israel's Systematic Decapitation Campaign
The strike on Soleimani is the latest in Israel's methodical targeting of Iran's security and military leadership - following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, multiple IRGC commanders and, most recently, security chief Ali Larijani.
The IDF made its intentions clear: it "will continue its operations against the leaders" of the Iranian regime and its security apparatus.
Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran receded as a new week began, with talks aimed at ending the two-month conflict at a standstill and both Tehran and Washington showing little willingness to soften their terms.
President Donald Trump cancelled a trip to Islamabad by two U.S. envoys to meet Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday after Iran's foreign minister flew out of the Pakistani capital following talks, dealing a new setback to peace prospects.
America has to stop lying to itself about Iran. The United States is not being dragged into a war because of Israel.
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