An undated handout picture made available by Iran’s Supreme Leader Office on June 17, 2025 shows Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Ali Shadmani at an official function in Tehran. The Israeli military said on June 17 it killed Iran’s top military commander, Ali Shadmani, in an overnight strike, calling him the closest figure to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
| Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR
Israel claimed Tuesday it killed another high-ranking Iranian general after decimating its military command.
The Israeli military said it killed Gen Ali Shadmani, who had just been named as the head of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
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Iran did not immediately acknowledge Shadmani’s death.
Shadmani was a general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Published – June 17, 2025 04:31 pm IST