Reports indicate the death of the advisor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — Secretary of the Defense Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani and the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mohammad Pakpour.
On February 28, the Israel Defense Forces and U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed their deaths as a result of joint airstrikes. In an interview with ABC News, Trump mentioned that during the operation, "the leaders" of Iran were "neutralized."
The IRGC announced its intention to avenge the United States and Israel for the killing of the supreme leader and declared the beginning of "the most powerful offensive operation in the history of the Iranian armed forces."
