Iran confirms killing of two deputy commanders after Israeli strikes

Two deputy commanders of Iran’s armed forces general staff were killed in Israeli attacks, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, amid Israel’s largest wave of strikes against Iran to date.

Brigadier General Gholamreza Mehrabi, deputy head of intelligence at the Armed Forces General Staff, and Brigadier General Mehdi Rabbani, deputy chief of operations, were both killed in Israeli attacks.

“These commanders, who served during the eight years of the Sacred Defense (Iran-Iraq war), were martyred in a cowardly attack by the Zionist regime,” the Armed Forces' public relations office said in a statement