Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander-in-chief Hossein Salami (left) and Major General Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, were killed in Israeli strikes on June 13.
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DUBAI - Iran said several top commanders and six nuclear scientists were killed in Israeli strikes
Below is a list of the commanders and scientists killed:
Hossein Salami
Major General Salami was commander-in-chief of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, or IRGC.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Gen Salami, who was born in 1960, as head of the IRGC in 2019.
Mohammad Bagheri
A former IRGC commander, Major General Bagheri was chief of staff of Iran's armed forces from 2016.
Born in 1960, Maj Gen Bagheri joined the Guards during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s.
Gholamali Rashid
Maj Gen Rashid was head of the IRGC's Khatam al Anbia headquarters. He previously served as deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, and fought for Iran during the 1980s war with Iraq.
Iranians holding posters of nuclear scientists (from left) Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Gholamali Rashid during a protest in Tehran on June 13.
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Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani
Prof Abbasi, a nuclear scientist, served as head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation from 2011 to 2013. A hardliner, Prof Abbasi was a member of parliament from 2020 to 2024.
Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi
Dr Tehranchi, a nuclear scientist, was head of Iran's Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
Four other scientists killed in the June 13 strikes. They are: Mr Abdolhamid Manouchehr, Mr Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari, Mr Amirhossein Feghi and Mr Motalibizadeh. REUTERS
