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TEHRAN, June 15 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed the deaths of eight more senior commanders of its Aerospace Forces in Israeli airstrikes on Tehran on June 13.
A statement released by the IRGC’s official Sepah News expressed condolences over the “martyrdom” of senior military officials.
Among the killed commanders are Mahmoud Bagheri, Davoud Sheikhian, Mohammad Bagher Taherpour, Mansour Safarpour, Masoud Tayeb, Khosrow Hassani, Javad Jorsara and Mohammad Agajafari.
In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched air strikes on the Iranian capital Tehran and other cities in the country, hitting nuclear facilities and killing several top military commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians. Israeli attacks on various parts of Iran continued on Saturday and Sunday.
Israeli airstrikes on Tehran killed Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces (Iranian Armed Forces) Mohammad Bagheri, IRGC Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (air defense forces) Gholam Ali Rashid, and Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces Amir Ali Hajizadeh.
In response to the attacks, Iran launched a series of missile strikes on targets in Israel on the evening of June 13 and 14, causing casualties and significant damage. –0–