Iran arrests activist again after her X post blames ‘religious despotism’

A photo of IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Ghaani appeared among the victims of Israeli airstrikes during a program on Iranian state TV, fueling speculation that he may have been killed.

Iranian authorities have not yet confirmed his death.

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“18 provinces across the country are affected by the Israeli attacks,” said Babak Mahmoudi Khaledi, a spokesman for the Red Crescent Society.

1,414 relief personnel are participating in the aid operations as part of 362 specialized teams, he added.

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Thirty members of the Iranian armed forces and one Red Crescent staff member were killed in Israeli attacks against military and civilian facilities in East Azarbaijan province, northwestern Iran, the provincial governor said on Saturday.

At least 55 others were wounded, the official said.

19 locations across the province have come under attack following what he called Israel’s “blatant aggression” against Iranian territory.

Israeli warplanes would soon fly over Tehran and strike all key targets of Iran's clerical establishment, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday.

“We will strike every site and every target of the Ayatollahs’ regime,” Netanyahu said in a recorded statement.

Netanyahu added that Iran was in a late-stage push to develop nuclear weapons. “We were at the 90th minute. There was a race by Iran’s nuclear teams to create nuclear bombs—atomic bombs for Israel’s destruction.”

The Israeli leader framed the campaign as a bid to eliminate both nuclear and ballistic threats from Iran.

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Three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members were killed in an Israeli strike on the Zarandiyeh Basij base on Saturday, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said,

“Following the brutal attack by the Zionist regime on the Zarandiyeh Basij base, three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed,” Tasnim quoted the Guards as saying.

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