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Israel says it killed four senior Iranian intelligence officials in Tehran airstrike

Jun 16, 2025, 09:43 GMT+1Updated: 12:12 GMT+1

Israel's military said on Monday its air force struck a building near Tehran used by Iran’s intelligence services, killing four senior officials, including the head of the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence organization.

According to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement, the strike killed Mohammad Kazemi, head of the Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence unit, his deputy Mohammad Hassan Mohaqeq, as well as the head and deputy of the Quds Force intelligence directorate, Mohsen Bagheri and Abu al-Fadl Nikouei.

Earlier, IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported that Sarfaraz Hossein Nikouei, described as a “prominent and experienced intelligence officer” with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday.

“These senior officials played a central role in shaping Iran’s threat assessments and planning terror operations against Israel, the West, and regional countries,” the IDF said.

The Israeli military added that the strike severely damaged Iran’s intelligence capabilities and follows the assassination of the Iranian military’s chief intelligence officer on Friday.

IDF's announcement comes a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in an interview with Fox News that Israel killed Kazemi and Mohaqeq in a strike in Tehran.

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Iran’s judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on Monday ordered rapid prosecution and punishment for anyone found cooperating with Israel, warning that wartime conditions require immediate legal action.

“If anyone is found to have collaborated with the Zionist regime, they must be swiftly tried and punished without delay,” Ejei said during a high-level judicial meeting in Tehran.

He warned that those attempting to exploit the current situation to destabilize the country—whether through physical or psychological means—would face “the most severe penalties under the law.”

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Iran accuses US of backing Israeli attacks, calls negotiations 'meaningless'

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that Israel’s attacks on residential areas and nuclear sites were carried out with US support, and dismissed any talk of nuclear negotiations as “meaningless” under current conditions.

“Israel, with the support of the United States, attacked us,” Baghaei said during a press conference, accusing both countries of violating international norms and threatening regional peace.

Baghaei also rejected what he described as “ambiguous statements calling for Iran’s restraint,” saying they amount to hypocrisy.

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Israel using mobile phone tracking for assassinations in Iran, IRGC-linked outlet says

Jun 16, 2025, 08:36 GMT+1

Israel is using mobile phone tracking technology to carry out assassinations inside Iran, including of nuclear scientists in the latest strikes, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency reported Monday.

"Israel uses mobile tracking to assassinate individuals in Iran. It previously killed Ismail Haniyeh the same way in Tehran,” the outlet said.

Fars added that even turning off mobile phones at meeting locations or residences can still reveal individuals’ whereabouts, and recommended using secure, anti-tracking phones.

The report follows a call by a Tehran lawmaker urging military and government officials to collect their own and their associates' mobile phones to prevent tracking.

Iranian strikes on Israel kill at least eight

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Iranian missiles hit multiple Israeli cities early Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding over 100, according to Israeli army radio.

The latest casualties bring Israel’s death toll to 21 since Friday, as Iran continues retaliatory strikes following Israeli attacks on its nuclear and missile infrastructure.

The escalation has raised alarm among leaders attending this week’s G7 summit, amid fears that the conflict could expand into a broader regional war.

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Israel’s recent strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities may have seriously damaged the underground Natanz enrichment site, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing Israeli and international officials.

An Israeli official told the paper there are early indications that the underground portion of the Natanz facility may have imploded, though further assessments are still needed. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the sudden loss of power at Natanz could have destroyed some of the site’s 14,000 centrifuges, which are highly sensitive and can be damaged if not shut down properly.

The fate of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles — stored at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow — remains unclear. Israeli officials said Tehran had recently signaled it might disperse those supplies, adding urgency to the timing of the strikes.