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IDF confirms killing senior general in charge of Iran’s ‘oil HQ’
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The IDF confirms killing Jamshid Eshaghi, a top Iranian general, in an airstrike in Iran over the weekend.
The military identifies Eshaghi as the chief of Iran’s “oil headquarters.” Officially, he served as the head of budget and financial affairs at Iran’s armed forces general staff, a military body that coordinates between the regular army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The military says the oil HQ is an “integral part of the regime’s armed forces, enabling the continuation of their activities and military buildup through profits from oil sales.”
“For years, the IRGC and additional military bodies in Iran have been financed through vast budgets sourced from oil sales, while circumventing international sanctions,” the IDF says.
Yesterday, the IRGC confirmed the killing of Eshaghi following the Israeli strike on Saturday.
Jamshid Eshaghi, an advisor to the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, was killed in a targeted attack in Tehran in recent days, along with five members of his family, according to Iranian media. pic.twitter.com/e6BKMoYB64
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