All Iranian officials and commanders killed in the past nine months | Euronews

## Summary
Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, was killed along with around 40 senior military commanders in US and Israeli strikes on Tehran. In a statement, the Israeli army said these 40 individuals were killed “in less than one minute” during the first wave of the operation known as “Roaring Lion.” Related Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed, state-run media confirms On March 20, 2026, three more senior Iranian officials—Ali-Mohammad Naeini, spokesperson of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); Esmail Ahmadi, deputy for intelligence at the Basij Organization; and Mehdi Rostami Shomastan, a senior commander in the Ministry of Intelligence—were killed in Israeli strikes. The 12-Day War June 13, 2025 Israeli airstrikes on Tehran and command centers (first day of the 12-day war) Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Gholamali Rashid, Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Davood Sheikhian, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force Mohammad Bagher Taherpour, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force Mansour Safarpour, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force Masoud Tayeb, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force Khosrow Hassani, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force Javad Jorsara, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force Mohammad Aghajafari, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force Mahmoud Bagheri, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force June 14, 2025 Israeli airstrike Gholamreza Mehrabi, Deputy for Intelligence, General Staff of the Armed Forces Mehdi Rabbani, Deputy for Operations, General Staff of the Armed Forces June 15, 2025 Israeli strike on a building affiliated with the IRGC Mohammad Kazemi, Head of IRGC Intelligence Organization Hassan Mohaqeq, Deputy Head of IRGC Intelligence Organization Mohsen Bagheri, senior IRGC intelligence official June 21, 2025 Israeli airstrike Mohammad Saeed Izadi, Commander of the Palestine Desk, IRGC Quds Force Behnam Shahriyari, senior official, IRGC Quds Force June 23, 2025 Israeli strike on Evin Prison Ali Ghanaatkar Mavardiani, Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran June 24, 2025 Mohammad Taqi Yousefvand, Head of Basij Intelligence Protection Alireza Lotfi, Deputy Head of Intelligence, Law Enforcement Command (Faraja) June 25, 2025 Ali Shadmani, Deputy to Gholamali Rashid, Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Several Iranian nuclear scientists were also killed during the 12-day war and Israeli attacks on Iran. February 28, 2026 US and Israeli strike on the Leader’s residence (first day of attacks) Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Shamkhani, Senior Security Advisor to the Supreme Leader Mohammad Pakpour, Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Aziz Nasirzadeh, Minister of Defense Hossein Jabal-Amelian, Head of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research Reza Mozaffari-Nia, Director of Defensive Innovation and Research March 2, 2026 US and Israeli strikes on command centers Saleh Asadi, Head of Intelligence, Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters Mohammad Shirazi, Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader Mohsen Darrehbaghi, Deputy for Logistics and Support, Armed Forces Akbar Ebrahimzadeh, Deputy Head of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief Gholamreza Rezaeian, Head of Intelligence, Faraja Bahram Hosseini Motlagh, Head of Planning and Operations, General Staff Hassanali Tajik, Head of Logistics Department, General Staff March 3, 2026 Mohsen Mahdavi Kalateh, Deputy Minister of Intelligence March 8, 2026 Israeli drone strike on Ramada Plaza Hotel, Beirut Majid Hosseinikandesar, Head of Finance, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Alireza Bi-Azar, Intelligence Officer, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Ahmad Rasouli, Intelligence Officer, Palestine Branch, IRGC Quds Force Hossein Ahmadlou, Israel Desk Officer, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force US and Israeli attacks on Iran Ali Hashemi, Deputy Coordinator, IRGC Saheb al-Zaman (Isfahan) Mohammadreza Saqafifar, Special Assistant to Ali Khamenei March 10, 2026 US and Israeli attacks Asadollah Badfar, Head of Basij, General Staff of the Armed Forces Esmail Dehghan, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force March 12, 2026 Israeli attacks Naqi Mohaddesnia, Head of Clergy Affairs, IRGC East Azerbaijan Davood Alizadeh, Commander, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Abuzar Mohammadi, Missile Operations Commander linked to Hezbollah Akbar Ghaffari, Deputy Minister of Intelligence March 14, 2026 US and Israeli attacks on Tehran Abolghasem Babaeian, Special Inspector to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces March 17, 2026 Israeli strikes on Tehran Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Alireza Bayat, Deputy for Security, Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council Gholamreza Soleimani, Head of the Basij Organization March 18, 2026 Esmail Khatib, Minister of Intelligence March 20, 2026 Esmail Ahmadi, Head of the Basij Organization Ali-Mohammad Naeini, Spokesperson and Deputy for Public Relations, IRGC Mehdi Rostami Shomastan, senior commander, Ministry of Intelligence Go to accessibility shortcuts Share Comments Read more Iranian attack on the Diego Garcia military base: its location and strategic role Iran says Natanz nuclear site was struck, as Tehran launches ballistic missiles at US-UK base Iran issues global threat as Israel's regime kill list grows with help from the inside Israel Iran conflict Iran war drone

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From Basij commanders to the Supreme Leader, some of the Islamic Republic’s most important figures were killed in two waves of attacks by Israel and the United States against Iran in the past nine months.
According to reports based on confirmed accounts, the number of these senior officials reaches at least 70. Who were they, and how were they killed?
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On Saturday, February 28, 2026, the Islamic Republic’s power structure suffered what was undoubtedly its most significant shock. Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, was killed along with around 40 senior military commanders in US and Israeli strikes on Tehran.
In a statement, the Israeli army said these 40 individuals were killed “in less than one minute” during the first wave of the operation known as “Roaring Lion.”
Related
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed, state-run media confirms
On March 20, 2026, three more senior Iranian officials—Ali-Mohammad Naeini, spokesperson of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); Esmail Ahmadi, deputy for intelligence at the Basij Organization; and Mehdi Rostami Shomastan, a senior commander in the Ministry of Intelligence—were killed in Israeli strikes.
The following list of officials of the Islamic Republic who were killed in the two waves of attacks in June, July, and March 2026 has been compiled based on published reports.
This list is based solely on confirmed reports. Numerous unconfirmed reports have also been published regarding the deaths of other figures within the Islamic Republic during these attacks.
The 12-Day War
June 13, 2025
Israeli airstrikes on Tehran and command centers (first day of the 12-day war)
Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC
Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
Gholamali Rashid, Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force
Davood Sheikhian, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force
Mohammad Bagher Taherpour, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force
Mansour Safarpour, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force
Masoud Tayeb, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force
Khosrow Hassani, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force
Javad Jorsara, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force
Mohammad Aghajafari, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force
Mahmoud Bagheri, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force
June 14, 2025
Israeli airstrike
Gholamreza Mehrabi, Deputy for Intelligence, General Staff of the Armed Forces
Mehdi Rabbani, Deputy for Operations, General Staff of the Armed Forces
June 15, 2025
Israeli strike on a building affiliated with the IRGC
Mohammad Kazemi, Head of IRGC Intelligence Organization
Hassan Mohaqeq, Deputy Head of IRGC Intelligence Organization
Mohsen Bagheri, senior IRGC intelligence official
June 21, 2025
Israeli airstrike
Mohammad Saeed Izadi, Commander of the Palestine Desk, IRGC Quds Force
Behnam Shahriyari, senior official, IRGC Quds Force
June 23, 2025
Israeli strike on Evin Prison
Ali Ghanaatkar Mavardiani, Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran
June 24, 2025
Mohammad Taqi Yousefvand, Head of Basij Intelligence Protection
Alireza Lotfi, Deputy Head of Intelligence, Law Enforcement Command (Faraja)
June 25, 2025
Ali Shadmani, Deputy to Gholamali Rashid, Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters
Several Iranian nuclear scientists were also killed during the 12-day war and Israeli attacks on Iran.
February 28, 2026
US and Israeli strike on the Leader’s residence (first day of attacks)
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Ali Shamkhani, Senior Security Advisor to the Supreme Leader
Mohammad Pakpour, Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC
Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces
Aziz Nasirzadeh, Minister of Defense
Hossein Jabal-Amelian, Head of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research
Reza Mozaffari-Nia, Director of Defensive Innovation and Research
March 2, 2026
US and Israeli strikes on command centers
Saleh Asadi, Head of Intelligence, Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters
Mohammad Shirazi, Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader
Mohsen Darrehbaghi, Deputy for Logistics and Support, Armed Forces
Akbar Ebrahimzadeh, Deputy Head of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief
Gholamreza Rezaeian, Head of Intelligence, Faraja
Bahram Hosseini Motlagh, Head of Planning and Operations, General Staff
Hassanali Tajik, Head of Logistics Department, General Staff
March 3, 2026
Mohsen Mahdavi Kalateh, Deputy Minister of Intelligence
March 8, 2026
Israeli drone strike on Ramada Plaza Hotel, Beirut
Majid Hosseinikandesar, Head of Finance, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force
Alireza Bi-Azar, Intelligence Officer, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force
Ahmad Rasouli, Intelligence Officer, Palestine Branch, IRGC Quds Force
Hossein Ahmadl

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## Expert Analysis

### Merits
- By&nbsp Evelyn Ann-Marie Dom &nbspwith&nbsp AP Published on 21/03/2026 - 17:50 GMT+1 Share Comments Share Facebook Twitter Flipboard Send Reddit Linkedin Messenger Telegram VK Bluesky Threads Whatsapp From Basij commanders to the Supreme Leader, some of the Islamic Republic’s most important figures were killed in two waves of attacks by Israel and the United States against Iran in the past nine months.
- ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Saturday, February 28, 2026, the Islamic Republic’s power structure suffered what was undoubtedly its most significant shock.
- February 28, 2026 US and Israeli strike on the Leader’s residence (first day of attacks) Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Shamkhani, Senior Security Advisor to the Supreme Leader Mohammad Pakpour, Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Aziz Nasirzadeh, Minister of Defense Hossein Jabal-Amelian, Head of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research Reza Mozaffari-Nia, Director of Defensive Innovation and Research March 2, 2026 US and Israeli strikes on command centers Saleh Asadi, Head of Intelligence, Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters Mohammad Shirazi, Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader Mohsen Darrehbaghi, Deputy for Logistics and Support, Armed Forces Akbar Ebrahimzadeh, Deputy Head of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief Gholamreza Rezaeian, Head of Intelligence, Faraja Bahram Hosseini Motlagh, Head of Planning and Operations, General Staff Hassanali Tajik, Head of Logistics Department, General Staff March 3, 2026 Mohsen Mahdavi Kalateh, Deputy Minister of Intelligence March 8, 2026 Israeli drone strike on Ramada Plaza Hotel, Beirut Majid Hosseinikandesar, Head of Finance, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Alireza Bi-Azar, Intelligence Officer, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Ahmad Rasouli, Intelligence Officer, Palestine Branch, IRGC Quds Force Hossein Ahmadlou, Israel Desk Officer, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force US and Israeli attacks on Iran Ali Hashemi, Deputy Coordinator, IRGC Saheb al-Zaman (Isfahan) Mohammadreza Saqafifar, Special Assistant to Ali Khamenei March 10, 2026 US and Israeli attacks Asadollah Badfar, Head of Basij, General Staff of the Armed Forces Esmail Dehghan, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force March 12, 2026 Israeli attacks Naqi Mohaddesnia, Head of Clergy Affairs, IRGC East Azerbaijan Davood Alizadeh, Commander, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Abuzar Mohammadi, Missile Operations Commander linked to Hezbollah Akbar Ghaffari, Deputy Minister of Intelligence March 14, 2026 US and Israeli attacks on Tehran Abolghasem Babaeian, Special Inspector to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces March 17, 2026 Israeli strikes on Tehran Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Alireza Bayat, Deputy for Security, Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council Gholamreza Soleimani, Head of the Basij Organization March 18, 2026 Esmail Khatib, Minister of Intelligence March 20, 2026 Esmail Ahmadi, Head of the Basij Organization Ali-Mohammad Naeini, Spokesperson and Deputy for Public Relations, IRGC Mehdi Rostami Shomastan, senior commander, Ministry of Intelligence Go to accessibility shortcuts Share Comments Read more Iranian attack on the Diego Garcia military base: its location and strategic role Iran says Natanz nuclear site was struck, as Tehran launches ballistic missiles at US-UK base Iran issues global threat as Israel's regime kill list grows with help from the inside Israel Iran conflict Iran war drone

### Areas for Consideration
- February 28, 2026 US and Israeli strike on the Leader’s residence (first day of attacks) Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Shamkhani, Senior Security Advisor to the Supreme Leader Mohammad Pakpour, Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Aziz Nasirzadeh, Minister of Defense Hossein Jabal-Amelian, Head of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research Reza Mozaffari-Nia, Director of Defensive Innovation and Research March 2, 2026 US and Israeli strikes on command centers Saleh Asadi, Head of Intelligence, Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters Mohammad Shirazi, Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader Mohsen Darrehbaghi, Deputy for Logistics and Support, Armed Forces Akbar Ebrahimzadeh, Deputy Head of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief Gholamreza Rezaeian, Head of Intelligence, Faraja Bahram Hosseini Motlagh, Head of Planning and Operations, General Staff Hassanali Tajik, Head of Logistics Department, General Staff March 3, 2026 Mohsen Mahdavi Kalateh, Deputy Minister of Intelligence March 8, 2026 Israeli drone strike on Ramada Plaza Hotel, Beirut Majid Hosseinikandesar, Head of Finance, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Alireza Bi-Azar, Intelligence Officer, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Ahmad Rasouli, Intelligence Officer, Palestine Branch, IRGC Quds Force Hossein Ahmadlou, Israel Desk Officer, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force US and Israeli attacks on Iran Ali Hashemi, Deputy Coordinator, IRGC Saheb al-Zaman (Isfahan) Mohammadreza Saqafifar, Special Assistant to Ali Khamenei March 10, 2026 US and Israeli attacks Asadollah Badfar, Head of Basij, General Staff of the Armed Forces Esmail Dehghan, senior commander, IRGC Aerospace Force March 12, 2026 Israeli attacks Naqi Mohaddesnia, Head of Clergy Affairs, IRGC East Azerbaijan Davood Alizadeh, Commander, Lebanon Branch, IRGC Quds Force Abuzar Mohammadi, Missile Operations Commander linked to Hezbollah Akbar Ghaffari, Deputy Minister of Intelligence March 14, 2026 US and Israeli attacks on Tehran Abolghasem Babaeian, Special Inspector to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces March 17, 2026 Israeli strikes on Tehran Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Alireza Bayat, Deputy for Security, Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council Gholamreza Soleimani, Head of the Basij Organization March 18, 2026 Esmail Khatib, Minister of Intelligence March 20, 2026 Esmail Ahmadi, Head of the Basij Organization Ali-Mohammad Naeini, Spokesperson and Deputy for Public Relations, IRGC Mehdi Rostami Shomastan, senior commander, Ministry of Intelligence Go to accessibility shortcuts Share Comments Read more Iranian attack on the Diego Garcia military base: its location and strategic role Iran says Natanz nuclear site was struck, as Tehran launches ballistic missiles at US-UK base Iran issues global threat as Israel's regime kill list grows with help from the inside Israel Iran conflict Iran war drone

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