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IDF kills two acting heads of Iran's military intelligence command in Tehran airstrike

·Tehran, Iran

Two senior Iranian intelligence officers — Abdollah Jalali-Nasab and Amir Shariat — were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday targeting a facility of the intelligence directorate of Iran's Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters (Iran's military emergency command). The IDF announced Saturday that both had been appointed as acting co-heads of the unit after its previous chief Salah Asadi was killed in the opening strikes of the war on February 28. The killings continue a systematic decapitation campaign against Iran's military command structure.

The Israeli military announced Saturday that two senior Iranian intelligence officers were killed in an airstrike on Friday targeting the intelligence directorate of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters — Iran's military emergency command also known as IRGC's central wartime command structure. The IDF identified the killed officers as Abdollah Jalali-Nasab and Amir Shariat, both top officers in Khatam-al Anbiya's intelligence directorate. According to the IDF, the two had been appointed as acting co-heads of the intelligence unit after Salah Asadi, the original chief of intelligence in the emergency headquarters, was killed in the very first wave of US-Israeli strikes on February 28. 'The two were senior intelligence commanders and were key figures in the Iranian intelligence community. In addition, the two were close to the top leadership of the Iranian terror regime,' the IDF stated. The killings represent the third decapitation of Khatam-al Anbiya's intelligence leadership in 15 days — Asadi on Day 1, followed now by his two successors. The systematic targeting of commanders who are elevated to fill vacated positions reflects a deliberate IDF strategy of keeping Iran's military emergency command in perpetual leadership crisis, preventing institutional continuity and degrading operational planning capacity.

Actor responses

IsraelSUPPORTINGCLAIM

The IDF struck the intelligence directorate of Khatam-al Anbiya, killing acting heads Jalali-Nasab and Shariat. These were key figures in Iran's military command. Eliminating Iran's wartime command leadership degrades their ability to coordinate operations.

IRGCOPPOSINGRESPONSE

The martyrdom of our commanders only strengthens our resolve. For every officer killed, the IRGC's mission continues. The enemy believes it can paralyze us by killing leaders — it cannot. Iran's military command remains fully operational.

IranOPPOSINGRESPONSE

The assassination of intelligence officers in Tehran is a desperate act by an enemy that cannot break Iran's spirit. Iran's defense capability is unaffected. The martyrs will be avenged.