#Israel said Tuesday that it had killed one of Iran’s highest-ranking leaders, #AliLarijani, in an overnight airstrike near Tehran, dealing another severe blow to a power structure already decimated by 3 weeks of #US - Israeli strikes.
The killing of #Larijani — who became Iran’s de facto leader after US-Israeli airstrikes killed the upper echelons of Iran’s government & military — removes one of Iran’s most prominent voices of defiance.
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Larijani’s killing Tuesday shows that #Israel is not slowing down in its effort to eliminate top leaders of a regime it considers an existential threat. But it also renews serious questions about #Trump’s endgame for the #war∶ he has not clearly articulated his goals or how the assault on #Iran might end, & he has acknowledged that many of the Iranian officials that the #US might have negotiated with have been killed.
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“We don’t even know their leaders,” #Trump said on Monday. “We have people wanting to negotiate,” he added. “We have no idea who they are.” 🤦🏼♀️
#Israel also said Tuesday that it had killed #GholamrezaSoleimani, the head of the Basij, Iran’s powerful plainclothes militia.
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