Iran confirms death of IRGC General Salami and head of Azad University

Iran on Friday, June 13, confirmed the deaths of Hossein Salami, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Azad Mohammad Tehranchi, President of the Islamic University.

According to the Iranian state News Agency (IRNA), in addition to Salami, the deputy commander of the Iranian armed forces, General Gholamali Rashid, and atomic scientist Fereydoun Abbasi, who headed the Atomic Energy Organization from 2011 to 2013, were also killed.

The headquarters of the IRGC General Command in Tehran was attacked by Israel, the agency added.

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