IRGC Quds Force chief's death rumors grow after photo shown on Iran state TV
A photo of IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Ghaani appeared among the victims of Israeli airstrikes during a program on Iranian state TV, fueling speculation that he may have been killed.
Iranian authorities have not yet confirmed his death.
Another Iranian nuclear scientist, Ali Mansour Bakouei, has been killed in the Israeli airstrikes, the governor-general of Iran's Mazandaran province announced.
Iran's petroleum ministry says the fires caused by the Israeli attacks on the Phase 14 of South Pars gas field and Fajr Jam refinery were swiftly contained, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News reports.