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Iran confirms Israel killed Guards aerospace commander

By AFP 13 June 2025, 4:19 pm Edit
Screen capture from video of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, July 1, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Screen capture from video of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, July 1, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirms that its aerospace commander had been killed with fellow officers in an Israeli air strike on their command center on Friday.

“Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps aerospace force Major General Amirali Hajizadeh… along with a group of brave and dedicated fighters of this force, were martyred” in an Israeli attack on their command center, the Guards said in a statement.

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