--- title: The Iranian Generals, Scientists Killed by Israeli Strikes description: “These are three ruthless mass murderers with international blood on their hands,” the IDF said amid the conflict between Israel and Iran. canonical: https://time.com/7293886/iranian-generals-scientists-targets-killed-by-israeli-strikes/ author: Callum Sutherland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-06-13T11:43:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2025-06-21T14:46:03.000Z article:section: World og:title: The Iranian Generals, Scientists Killed by Israeli Strikes og:description: “These are three ruthless mass murderers with international blood on their hands,” the IDF said. og:url: https://time.com/7293886/iranian-generals-scientists-targets-killed-by-israeli-strikes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e623b6d0da6a590/6998c7b247fe5172df55bd4c/GettyImages-2219542494.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: IRAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Iranian Generals, Scientists Killed by Israeli Strikes twitter:description: “These are three ruthless mass murderers with international blood on their hands,” the IDF said. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e623b6d0da6a590/6998c7b247fe5172df55bd4c/GettyImages-2219542494.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Top Iranian Generals and Scientists Targeted and Killed by Israeli Strikes—and What We Know About Them > Sponsored content. 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Portraits of Iranian military generals and nuclear scientists reported killed in the Israeli strikes on June 13 are displayed in southern Tehran on June 15, 2025.Atta Kenare—Getty Images by [Callum Sutherland](https://time.com/author/callum-sutherland/) ## Callum Sutherland Reporter Updated: Jun 21, 2025 2:46 PM UTCPublished: Jun 13, 2025 11:43 AM UTC Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that the Israeli military had killed Saeed Izadi, a veteran commander who led the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force, the overseas arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). [According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)](https://x.com/IDF/status/1936319815418843316), Izadi was killed overnight in a "precise" strike on the Iranian city of Qom. The IDF on Saturday morning also reported the [elimination of Behnam Shahriyari](https://x.com/IDF/status/1936323398595994024), commander of the Quds Force’s Weapons Transfer Unit in the IRGC. These latest reports come as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages on, with no end in sight. The [initial strikes](https://time.com/7293795/israel-strikes-iran-attack-what-to-know/) in the early hours of June 13 were conducted by Israel, in an operation which officials described as a direct response to Iranian aggression and expanding nuclear capabilities. The strikes targeted multiple sites across Iran's capital, Tehran, including the headquarters of the IRGC. The IDF confirmed the deaths of three senior Iranian military leaders in its opening campaign: the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, the Commander of the IRGC, and the head of Iran’s emergency military command. “These are three ruthless mass murderers with international blood on their hands,” the IDF said [in a statement](https://x.com/IDF/status/1933390314766516522). “The world is a better place without them.” **Read More**: [_A New Middle East Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes_](https://time.com/7295798/new-middle-east-time-cover/) There have since been more high-profile Iranian military deaths announced, alongside several Iranian nuclear scientists. But with the ongoing bombardment and trading of deadly missiles, there has also been some confusion surrounding the reporting of those supposedly killed. Ali Shamkhani, a close aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was widely reported by Iranian state media as having been killed in Israel’s initial strikes on Iran on June 13\. However, it was later reported that he had, in fact, survived the strikes and was recovering from serious injuries. "I was destined to survive, wounded, so I remain, still the cause of the enemy's hatred," read a Saturday, June 21, post from [a social media account belonging to Shamkhani](https://x.com/alishamkhani%5Fir/status/1936309290798604545). "Fighting the nation of hope is a game that ends in ashes for its enemies. Victory, illuminated by the smiles of martyrs, is near." Shamkhani was part of the Iranian delegation which secured the [restoration of diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/iran-saudi-arabia-agree-restore-ties-china-talks) in March 2023. Despite [being replaced](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-appoints-guards-commander-new-top-security-official-state-tv-2023-05-22/) as Iran’s top security official just two months after securing this diplomatic deal with Saudi Arabia, he has remained a key adviser to the Iranian Supreme Leader. In May, during [Trump’s three-country tour of the Middle East](https://time.com/7285832/trump-middle-east-tour-key-moments/), Shamkhani said that Iran would be willing to sign a nuclear deal with Trump, subject to conditions that Iran could still enrich certain levels of uranium for energy use. However, in light of the escalating Israel-Iran conflict, [talks between the U.S. and Iran have dramatically stalled.](https://time.com/7294360/trump-warns-iran-bloody-conflict-israel-death-toll-rises/) As the conflict rages on, here's what to know about the high-profile Iranian figures reportedly killed by the Israeli strikes so far: # **Military personnel and aides** ## **Commander Saeed Izadi** Saeed Izadi was a veteran commander who led the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force, the overseas arm of the IRGC. "Izadi was a key coordinator between the Iranian regime and Hamas, and one of the main orchestrators of the Oct. 7 massacre," [the IDF said in a statement](https://x.com/IDF/status/1936319815418843316) announcing his death. "Izadi was responsible for increasing the financial funding from Iran to Hamas for terrorist activities against Israel." ## **Commander Behnam Shahriyari** Behnam Shahriyari was the commander of the Quds Force’s Weapons Transfer Unit in the IRGC. "Shahriyari was responsible for all weapons transfers from the Iranian regime to its proxies across the Middle East in order to directly advance the Iranian regime’s plan to destroy Israel," [the IDF said.](https://x.com/IDF/status/1936323398595994024) "He was eliminated more than 1,000 km from Israel while traveling in western Iran. His elimination represents a severe blow to the ability of the terrorist organizations surrounding Israel to regroup and strengthen after being heavily damaged by the IDF during the war." ## **General Gholam Ali Rashid** [Rashid was confirmed dead](https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2025/06/13/3334062/major-general-rashid-his-son-confirmed-dead-in-israeli-strike) after the airstrikes in Tehran, alongside his son. He was [deputy commander in chief](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/world/middleeast/iran-military-generals-killed-israel.html) of the armed forces, and [commander](https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/Q4391340/) of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, a branch of the IRGC. Rashid was key in the operations of Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programme, mostly consisting of the use of drones in warfare. In February, [the general vowed ](https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/510192/Senior-Iranian-commander-vows-retaliation-against-origins-of)to retaliate against any strikes on Iran’s nuclear program after reports of plans from Israel and the U.S. to strike nuclear targets in Iran by “mid-2025.” ## **Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani** Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani, a senior Iranian commander, has been [killed in an Israeli airstrike,](https://time.com/7294919/israel-air-supremacy-tehran-iran/) days after taking over a top military post amid escalating strikes targeting Iran’s leadership. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Shadmani was killed Monday during a precision airstrike on central Tehran. Shadmani had been [appointed](https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2025/06/13/3334484/khatam-al-anbia-central-headquarters-of-iran-gets-new-chief) head of Iran’s Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters—Iran’s military emergency command—following the death of his predecessor Rashid in the opening round of Israeli strikes on Tehran on June 13. ## **Major General Hossein Salami** Gen. Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Iran’s main military force, was a key figure in the political sphere. It’s understood he [reported directly](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/13/middleeast/israel-iran-strikes-military-deaths-intl-hnk) to Ayatollah Khamenei. Salami rose to power around six years ago, and during his time as Major General of the IRGC, he [repeatedly threatened Israel and the U.S.](https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-revolutionary-guard-hossein-salami-ce75eb0aad963c6f6257e9a2c4b376ff) with military action. [After the 2020 death](https://time.com/5758250/qasem-soleimani-iran-retaliation/) of Qasem Soleimani, the head of IRGC Qud’s Force, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike on a base in Baghdad, Salami said: “If they \[Israel and the U.S.\] threaten our commanders, none of their commanders will find a safe place” to live. Days after the death of Soleimani, Iran launched a number of missiles at American military facilities in Iraq, with no casualties reported. Khamenei has announced that Salami will be replaced by [Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour](https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2025/06/13/3334436/irgc-gets-new-chief-after-martyrdom-of-general-salami). **Read more:** [_How Involved Was the U.S. in Israel’s Attack on Iran?_](https://time.com/7294500/israel-attack-iran-us-involvement-trump-netanyahu-khamenei/) ## **Major General Mohammad Bagheri** Mohammad Bagheri served as the Chief of Staff to Iran’s armed forces, a position he acquired in 2016 which saw him oversee an estimated [610,000 personnel.](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/2/iran-and-israel-what-are-their-attack-and-defence-capabilities#:~:text=Number%20of%20soldiers,than%20640%20armoured%20personnel%20carriers.) He was the second-highest commander after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [Born in 1960](https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=27850), Bagheri was head of “the most senior military body in Iran, which implements policy and monitors and coordinates activities within the armed forces,” according to [U.S. Treasury documents](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm824) detailing sanctions against the general in 2019. Bagheri will be replaced by [Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi](https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2025/06/13/3334391/army-chief-appointed-as-iran-s-top-general), as announced by Ayatollah Khamenei. ## **Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh** Ali Hajizadeh was the commander of the IRGC. Upon announcing his death, [the IDF said Hajizadeh](https://x.com/IDF/status/1933475985812259063) "had assembled in an underground command center to prepare for an attack on the State of Israel." The IRGC described the general as “a prominent and influential figure of the resistance front and a symbol of development, innovation, and might in the defense and missile spheres.” ## **Gen. Gholamreza Mehrabi** [Gen. Gholamreza Mehrabi](https://x.com/khorasandiary/status/1933790713604702423) served as the deputy intelligence chief of the Iranian Armed Forces. ## **Gen. Mehdi Rabbani** Gen. Mehdi Rabbani was a top-ranking official and served as the deputy commander of operations for the Iranian Armed Forces. **Read more:** [_Israel Gets the War It Wanted_](https://time.com/7293976/israel-iran-attack-war-hezbollah/) ## **Nuclear Scientists** On Saturday, [the IDF reported it had "eliminated" nine senior scientists](https://x.com/IDF/status/1933830006557286549) and experts responsible for advancing the Iranian regime’s [nuclear weapons program](https://time.com/7294133/iran-israel-nuclear-program-attack/). "Their elimination is a significant blow to the regime’s ability to acquire weapons of mass destruction," a statement read. The scientists listed were: Fereydoun Abbasi, an expert in nuclear engineering and the former head of Iran’s atomic energy, who also served as an MP (Member of Parliament). Mohammad Mahdi, a physics expert. Akbar Motalebi Zadeh, a chemical engineering specialist. Saeed Barji, a materials engineering specialist. Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryani, an expert in nuclear engineering. Ali Bakhouei Katirimi, an expert in mechanics. And three physics experts: Amir Hassan Fakhahi, Abd al-Hamid Minoushehr, and Mansour Asgari. Another scientist previously reported as killed by is Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, a theoretical physicist and[ a key expert involved in the AMAD plan](https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/highlights-of-irans-perilous-pursuit-of-nuclear-weapons/), Iran’s significant programme to advance nuclear capabilities launched in the early 2000s. Tehranchi was also the President of Islamic Azad University in Tehran. Seyed Amir Hossein Feqhi has also been reported as killed. 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