Srinagar, June 13 -- Top military leadership and several veteran nuclear scientistsincluding DrFereydoon Abbasi andProfMohammad-Mehdi Tehranchiwere assassinatedin the initial Israeli strike.

Iran Loses Top Commanders, Names Successors

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami, Commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters Major General Gholam Ali Rashid,Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of Aerospace Force of the IRGCwere confirmed to have beenassassinatedby series of air strikes and Mossadoperationson groundin Tehran in the early hours of Friday.

Unconfirmed reports said Quds Force chiefBrigadierGeneralEsmailGhaanitoo was among ...