Posted on 03/17/2026 1:09:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Tuesday that the commander of Iran’s feared Basij paramilitary force was among the senior leaders killed in overnight strikes in Tehran, and the Israeli defense minister Israel Katz later confirmed that Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was also “eliminated.”
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I have instructed the IDF to continue pursuing the leadership of the terror and oppression regime in Iran,” Katz said in a statement, adding that Israel would update President Trump on the killing of the two senior Iranian figures “when morning breaks in Washington.”
“The Israeli Air Force, acting on IDF intelligence, targeted and eliminated Gholamreza Soleimani, who operated as commander of the Basij unit for the past six years,” the IDF said in an earlier statement, accusing the Basij, under Soleimani’s command, of leading “the main repression operations, employing severe violence, widespread arrests, and the use of force against civilian demonstrators” to quash anti-government protests that swept across Iran in January.
The IDF called Soleimani’s assassination “an additional significant blow to the regime’s security command-and-control structures” and it vowed to “continue to operate with determination against commanders of the Iranian terror regime.”
Until Monday, Larijani was among the most senior leaders of the regime still alive in Iran. He had been a defiant voice since the war began and he warned only a week ago, in a message aimed at Mr. Trump, that the Iranian people “do not fear your empty threats; even those greater than you have failed to erase them… so beware lest you be the ones who disappear.”
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Bomb Magnets
Great job Bibi
Iranian ‘leaders’ all over Iran, are now pointing fingers and saying, “I’m not a leader; that guy over there, he’s a leader”.
Job Openings!
Too soon? Nah.
RE: The Israeli Air Force, acting on IDF intelligence, targeted and eliminated Gholamreza Soleimani…
I wonder if this guy is related to the General Soleimani who was eliminated in Iraq during Trump’s first term…
Obstinate people.
RE: Job Openings!
Curious to know how many applicants there will be…
Great news. The Iranians ( Goldi Ghamari and Tousi) I am watching on their podcasts are ecstatic with joy.
Pretty soon the new Ayatollah will be a petulant kindergartner.
These two were both hunted and eliminated.
Tousi has been receiving criticism for being too partisan but every “news” that come hours or a day later seem to confirm everything they first reported ahead of every major news outlet…
...or if there is anyone left!
Thank You. Mr. President. Thank you Military members!
To quote you “What has in Israel done for us?”
Sad.
The Israelis seem to have the best on the ground intelligence. They have been very successful in decapitating the regime with air strikes. However decapitation will not cause the overthrow of the thousands of now desperate people who actually are the regime. Either they fight , win, remain in power or they, their families and sycophants will die. It will take American “boots on the ground”, hard bloody fighting and American casualties for regime change and a satisfactory end to this war.
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Tuesday that the commander of Iran’s feared Basij paramilitary force was among the senior leaders killed in overnight strikes in Tehran, and the Israeli defense minister Israel Katz later confirmed that Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was also “eliminated.” I like that word from the IDF, I think it equates to terminated.
How many israeli soldiers fought along US soldiers in Korea? Vietnam? Iraq? Yeah that’s what I thought
RE: Either they fight , win, remain in power or they, their families and sycophants will die
… Or Surrender and receive mercy.
Trump has always given them that option.
I think they cheerlead the Shah a bit much for my taste.
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