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Report: Iran’s military chief Bagheri killed in Israeli strike

By Emanuel Fabian 13 June 2025, 6:24 am
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File: Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri addresses a military parade commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran War, in front of the shrine of the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
File: Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri addresses a military parade commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran War, in front of the shrine of the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The chief of Iran’s military, Mohammad Bagheri, was killed in an Israeli strike, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reports.

The report is not yet confirmed by other media in the country.

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