"Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij, were "eliminated" in strikes overnight, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement."
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I have instructed the IDF to continue hunting the leadership of the regime of terror and oppression in Iran, to repeatedly lop off the head of the octopus and prevent it from growing back."
"Under Soleimani, the Basij unit led the main repression operations in Iran, employing severe violence, widespread arrests, and the use of force against civilian demonstrators."
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that overnight strikes killed Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Basij volunteer force. Katz stated these were two of Tehran's most senior remaining officials and referenced previous elimination of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The IDF confirmed Soleimani's death, noting he commanded the Basij for six years and oversaw repression operations involving violence and arrests against civilian demonstrators. Israeli leadership instructed the military to continue targeting Iranian regime leadership. Iranian authorities had not immediately commented on the strikes or verified the claims.
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