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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has appointed Habibollah Sayyari as the interim chief of staff of Iran's armed forces and Ahmad Vahidi as the chief-commander of the Revolutionary Guards. The two will replace Bagheri and Salami who were killed in Israeli raids.
Ali Shamkhani, a top advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has been killed in the Israeli airstrikes, multiple informed sources confirmed to Iran International.
"Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and we hope to return to the negotiating table. We'll see," Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier quoted US President Donald Trump as saying. "There are some people in the leadership who won't return."
Two people have been killed and six others injured in Israeli strikes on military sites in the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran, according to a provincial crisis management official.
Majid Farshi, Director General of Crisis Management for East Azarbaijan Province, told ISNA that several sites were targeted in the attacks, including the Karimi military base in Saeedabad, the Al-Zahra garrison in Amand, and a radar center in Sardroud.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) pledged a harsh retaliation against Israel following the killing of its top commander, Hossein Salami, in overnight airstrikes.
"(IRGC) is fully prepared to deliver a firm and severe response to the Zionist enemy’s aggression," the statement read, suggesting that the response was already planned.
"Necessary measures to counter such criminal acts and confront incidents of this nature have long been in place."
