iranian armed forces chief of staff general mohammad bagheri killed in israeli attack

Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of Staff General of Iran’s Armed Forces, was killed in the Israeli air strike. Iran’s official television gave this information on Friday in one of its news. Bagheri was the former top commander of Iran’s paramilitary force ‘Revolutionary Guard’. No more details were given in the report of government TV. Several military officers and scientists have been killed in Iran in the Israeli attacks on Friday.

Israel attacked the Iran’s capital on Friday morning and targeted the country’s nuclear program after which the possibility of a widespread war between two staunch opponents of West Asia has intensified. It is considered to be the biggest attack on Iran after the war with Iraq in the 1980s. Israel also targeted Iran’s main nuclear enrichment center and after the attack, black smoke was seen rising in the air.

Hussain salute, the chief general of Iran’s paramilitary force ‘Revolutionary Guard’, died in the Israeli attack. The country’s government television gave this information in its news. It is believed that top military officers and scientists have also been killed in these attacks. The attack took place amid the increasing tension over Iran’s rapidly growing nuclear program. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamani said after the attack that Israel would be punished severely.

At the same time, the administration of US President Donald Trump said that it has no hand in these attacks, as well as warning of any kind of action by targeting American interests or personnel. The US appealed to Israel to restraint with Iran’s continuous talks to stop Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.

Israeli leaders described this attack as a fight for the existence of the nation and said that there was a danger that Iran could make a atomic bomb and the attack was necessary to prevent this adjacent danger. However, it is not yet clear how close Iran is to achieve this goal or whether Iran was really planning to attack in the near future.

Israel announced the introduction of ‘Operation Rising Lion’ with the aim of preventing Iran from making nuclear weapons, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday claimed that other locations including Iran’s main promotion center in Natanj have been attacked. Netanyahu said in a video message on Friday morning, “Shortly before Israel started ‘Operation Rising Lion’ which is a target military campaign to end the Iranian threat for the existence of Israel. This campaign will continue till the end of the danger.

Netanyahu said, “In recent months, Iran has taken steps that it has never taken up before. For example, the step of making weapons from a decorated uranium, and if it is not stopped, Iran can make nuclear weapons in a very short time. This can occur in a year, it can occur in a few months, or in less than a year. This is a clear threat to the existence of Israel. ”Iran’s news agency ‘Irna’ issued a statement quoting Khamani. It confirmed that top military officers and scientists were killed in the attack.

It said, “Israel has exposed its malicious nature by attacking residential centers.” Israel attacked many places in the capital of Iran. Netanyahu said atoms and military bases were targeted. Apart from this, Iran’s nuclear program and its ballistic missile arsenal officials were also targeted.