The Iranian Foreign Minister announced the preservation of the defense potential after the death of the commanders

The death of some representatives of the Iranian military leadership did not affect the republic's defense potential. This was announced on March 1 by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

"We lost several commanders, it's a fact, it was announced. However, another fact is that nothing has changed in our military potential," the minister said in an interview with ABC television.

He also stated that the Iranian military is in position and they are capable of protecting our country.

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Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched new attacks on dozens of command centers and headquarters in Iran. The Fars news agency reported on the defeat of the army hospital and the IRGC building in Tehran. The US Armed Forces claimed the sinking of an Iranian Jamaran-class ship.

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation in Iran. Trump called her goal "protecting the American people."

As part of the Israeli-American Operation Lion's Roar, which used the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles, military installations in western Iran, the residence of the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as an elementary school in the city of Minab were hit.

In response, Iran launched Operation True Promise 4 and attacked American military bases in the Middle East, as well as Israeli cities. The UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman and other Persian Gulf countries were affected by the Iranian attacks.

Later, on March 1, it became known that the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed as a result of Israeli attacks. The Iranian government has declared national mourning. An interim governing council has been established in the country. Iranian President Masoud Peseshkian has vowed to avenge Khamenei's death. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over the death of the Iranian leader and condemned the assassination.

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