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Mourners react as a trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd at the beginning of a funeral procession in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, February 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 10, 2025, 10:32 am
Who were the terror leaders killed by Israel since Oct. 7, prior to the Doha strike?
From Hamas mastermind Yahya Sinwar to Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, Israel wiped out the top ranks of Iranian proxies across Mideast, plus generals from the Islamic Republic itself
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mourners stand next to the coffin of Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Amir ali Hjizadeh (L), and other military commanders killed during Israeli strikes on the first day of the war, during their funeral procession at Enqelab Square in the capital Tehran on June 28, 2025 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 28, 2025, 10:08 am
With chants of ‘Death to America, Israel,’ Iran holds state funeral for leaders slain in war
Iranian president and Quds Force commander attend ceremony in Tehran for 60 people killed in Israeli attacks, while Khamenei apparently stays away
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A general view of Tehran, Iran, on June 22, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 23, 2025, 10:57 pm
In leaked call, Israeli operative tells Iranian general: ‘You have 12 hours to escape’
Audio recorded at the beginning of Israel’s attack on Iran and obtained by Washington Post was reportedly part of a broad intelligence operation
By Ben Sales
(L) Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri near Tehran, Iran, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) (C) Head of Iranian revolutionary guard corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami in Tehran on May 15, 2025. (AFP) and (R) head of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Gholam Ali Rashid (Tasnim News)
June 13, 2025, 8:21 am
Iran’s IRGC chief Salami, army head Bagheri, commanders, scientists killed in IAF strikes
Salami, who rose to power in 2019, had a history of threatening the US and Israel, including calling for the ‘annihilation, the wiping out, and the collapse of the Zionist regime’
By Emanuel Fabian and AP
Islamic Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami speaks during a memorial service for slain Hezbollah leader Hasssan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine in Iran's capital Tehran on February 23, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
May 9, 2025, 9:13 am
Iran’s IRGC chief vows to ‘open the gates of hell’ if US, Israel make ‘wrong move’
Salami says next potential attack would overshadow last year’s missile strikes, claims Israel pushing Washington into Middle East war
By ToI Staff
IRGC commander-in-chief Major General Hossein Salami speaks during a memorial service for slain Hezbollah leader Hasssan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine at Tehran's Grand Mosque in Iran's capital Tehran on February 23, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 16, 2025, 12:18 pm
Iran Guards chief vows ‘decisive’ reprisal against any attacks, after Trump warning
As US president demands Iran end support for Houthis, IRGC general says the group is ‘the representative of the Yemenis,’ and makes its decisions independently from Tehran
By Agencies
This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website Sepah News on February 1, 2025, shows IRGC commander-in-chief Major General Hossein Salami (C) alongside navy commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri (R) talking to a reporter during the unveiling of the Ghadr-380 naval cruise missile in an undisclosed location in Iran. (SEPAH NEWS / AFP)
February 1, 2025, 10:25 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile facility for naval warfare
State TV says base holds ‘hundreds of cruise missiles,’ which IRCG chief Salami asserts can ‘create hell for enemy vessels’
By AFP
Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)
November 22, 2024, 4:28 pm
Iran set to launch ‘advanced centrifuges’ after IAEA censure for noncooperation
WSJ report shows Tehran’s October 1 missile attack on Israel forced commercial flights to change course; IRGC hails ICC arrest warrants for PM, Gallant
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Head of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Hossein Salami arrives for the inauguration of the new Iranian president at the parliament in Tehran, on July 30, 2024 (AFP)
October 28, 2024, 1:46 pm
Iran’s Guards chief warns of ‘bitter, unimaginable consequences’ for Israel’s strike
Tehran says it will use ‘all available tools’ to respond to targeted assault on military sites; Iraq lodges complaint at UN over alleged use of its airspace during Israeli op
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A man holds an anti-Israeli banner as another holds a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the funeral ceremony of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Abbas Nilforushan, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut in late September, in Tehran, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 19, 2024, 11:50 pm
Keen to avoid all-out war after attacking Israel, Iran tries both diplomacy and threats
Foreign minister embarks on regional tour purportedly aimed at preventing conflict from spreading further, even as Iranian generals vow to destroy ‘cancerous tumor’ that is Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this image released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry, July 25, 2023, Abu Mahdi naval cruise missiles are displayed in a ceremony to deliver the missiles to both national Navy as well as navy of the Revolutionary Guard, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
August 9, 2024, 4:11 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard displays what it claims are new undetectable cruise missiles
IRGC says various types of long and medium-range missile systems, drones and radars have been added to arsenal as regional tensions soar
By Reuters
A man walks under an anti-Israel billboard reading in Persian, 'Tel Aviv will be not safe anymore' at Palestine Square in Tehran on July 31, 2024 (AFP)
August 5, 2024, 1:56 pm
Iran claims it does not want to escalate regional tensions, but must ‘punish’ Israel
Tehran says it needs to ‘create deterrence’ after killing of Haniyeh; top revolutionary Guard commander says Israel ‘digging its own grave’ and ‘will receive punishment in due time’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators burn an Israeli flag during the funeral for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel, in Tehran on April 5, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 6, 2024, 2:02 pm
Iran army chief promises ‘maximum damage’ as it seeks to avenge killing of top general
Mohammad Bagheri speaks at memorial ceremony for top IRGC general killed in strike blamed on Israel, says Jerusalem will ‘regret’ its actions
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iranians attend the funeral procession for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel, in Tehran on April 5, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 6, 2024, 5:57 am
Iran said to decide on direct response to Syria strike, put its forces on full alert
Israel and US readying for ‘significant’ retaliation to alleged IDF attack that killed 7 IRGC members, including generals; CBS says Tehran may attack with swarm of explosive drones
By ToI Staff
A composite photo showing the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Esmail Qaani (left), during a commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qassem Soleimani (on screen) in the capital Tehran on January 3, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP); and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah delivering a televised speech on February 16, 2024. (Al-Manar / AFP)
March 15, 2024, 2:42 pm
Nasrallah assures Iranians Hezbollah will fight alone if war with Israel breaks out
Lebanon’s terror leader assured Quds Force’s Esmail Qani last month that Iran won’t be drawn into possible full-scale war
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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