A number of high-ranking Iranian military commanders are confirmed to have been martyred in a terrorist attack by the US and the Zionist regime in Tehran on Saturday morning, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
According to a statement, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRCG) Major General Mohammad Pakpour, Secretary of Iran’s Defense Council Ali Shamkhani, and Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh were among the figures martyred in the US and Israeli attack on a meeting of the Defense Council on Saturday morning, according to Tasnim.
In the savage attack by the Israeli regime on Iran, Lieutenant General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and Major General Aziz Nasirzadeh, Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran, were also martyred. pic.twitter.com/yvNj5TKOa8
— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) March 1, 2026
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei was also martyred in the Saturday attack by criminal US-Israeli forces.
Imam Khamenei led Iran and the Muslim Ummah for 37 years since the demise of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini in 1989.
Iran’s Cabinet of Ministers has declared 40 days of national mourning following the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
The Iranian Armed Forces have responded to the US-Israeli aggression by launching massive missile and drone strikes on Israeli-occupied territories and US bases in the region.
Source: Iranian media (translated and edited by Al-Manar)