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The Israeli military said it killed Ali Shadmani, one of Iran's most senior military commanders, in an airstrike on a command center in the center of Tehran. He had only been in the job for four ...

Iran has not provided an immediate response regarding the reported assassination of General Ali Shadmani in the Iranian capital, who was described by Israel as the highest-ranking military commander.

On June 13, the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, appointed Shadmani after the previous head of the IRGC, Lt. Gen. Gholamali Rashid, was killed.

"We eliminated Ali Shadmani, the Chief of Staff of the War, the most senior military commander of the Iranian regime," Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said Tuesday.

"We eliminated Ali Shadmani, the Chief of Staff of the War, the most senior military commander of the Iranian regime," Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said Tuesday.

Ali Shadmani’ death, which is yet to be confirmed by Iran, will be another addition to several key Iranian military commanders killed by Israel since Friday.

On Tuesday, the Israeli military announced that it had killed Ali Shadmani, identifying him as Iran’s wartime chief of staff and the country’s most senior military commander.

General Ali Shadmani was the war chief of staff. He was killed Monday night shortly after replacing General Gholam Ali Rashid, who was killed Friday in Israel's initial strikes against Iran.

Israel also claimed that it had killed Iran's Gen. Ali Shadmani, whom Israel described as the country's most senior remaining military commander, in Tehran.

Israel also claimed that it had killed Iran's Gen. Ali Shadmani, whom Israel described as the country's most senior remaining military commander, in Tehran.