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Iran Confirms Death of Chief of General Staff, Defense Minister - Reports

© AP Photo / Vahid SalemiCommander of the Iranian army Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi speaks during an anti-US annual rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran,
Commander of the Iranian army Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi speaks during an anti-US annual rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.03.2026
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TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran confirmed the death of Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Abdolrahim Mousavi and Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, the IRNA state new agency reported on Sunday.
The news agency published a list of four names, which mentioned the head of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, the Minister of Defense, as well as Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mohammad Pakpour and Secretary of the Defense Council Ali Shamkhani, whose deaths were reported earlier.
On Saturday, the United States and Israel launched a series of strikes on Iranian targets, including Tehran, causing damage and civilian casualties. Iran launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israeli territory, as well as on US military infrastructure in the Middle East. On March 1, Iranian state television confirmed that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed in the attacks.
This frame grab from video shows the launching of underground ballistic missiles by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard during a military exercise, July 29, 2020. Iran's paramilitary guard launched underground ballistic missiles as part of an exercise involving a mock-up aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, state television reported Wednesday - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.02.2026
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