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Report: Head of Iran’s elite Quds Force killed in Israeli strike

13 June 2025, 6:54 pm Edit
Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony on the occasion of first anniversary of death of the force's previous head Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, January 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran's Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony on the occasion of first anniversary of death of the force's previous head Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, January 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force Gen. Esmail Qaani was killed in Israel’s ongoing attack against Iran, The New York Times reports, citing unnamed Iranian sources.

Qaani was in charge of Iran’s proxies in the region.

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