Pakistan, June 16 -- TEHRAN - Iran's semi-official Tasnim news has confirmed the deaths of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy Hassan Mohaqiq in an Israeli missile strike on Sunday. A third officer, Mohsen Bagheri, was also reported killed in the same attack in Tehran.
This strike marks a major escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, now entering its third consecutive day. Both nations have launched repeated strikes, leaving dozens of civilians dead and raising fears of a larger regional war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier claimed that Kazemi and Mohaqiq had been eliminated. Later, Iranian state media confirmed the news. The death of such...