
IDF General: Chance of civil war between Iranian army and Revolutionary Guards
Iran effectively operates with two separate armed forces: the regular Iranian army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps.
Iran effectively operates with two separate armed forces: the regular Iranian army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps.
Shadmani had assumed his role just four days prior, replacing Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, who was killed in the opening salvo of Operation Rising Lion on June 13.
The IDF reports that during the first hour of the strike, the three highest-ranking military officials in the Iranian regime were confirmed killed.
Since the launch of Operation Rising Lion, Israeli refueling aircraft have conducted over 600 in-air fuelings, enabling sustained fighter jet operations across Iranian airspace and ensuring continuous pressure on key military targets.
Before his predecessor’s assassination, Shadmani served as deputy commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Emergency Command and as head of the Operations Division of the Iranian General Staff.
The Jewish state has already assassinated more than 20 senior Iranian military leaders, constituting ‘the entire top tier of Iran’s military command.’
Loss of such senior IRGC figures would mark one of the most significant blows to Iran’s internal security apparatus since the beginning of the preemptive Operation Rising Lion.
Israeli commandos raided an Iranian-backed weapons manufacturing site, deep in Syrian territory, in late September.
Israeli air force strike kills Khalil Al-Maqdah, a Hezbollah terrorist and agent for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who directed weapons smuggling and terror attacks in Judea and Samaria.