Overview
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Majid Khademi, its intelligence chief, was killed in targeted strikes on Monday, and Israel’s defense minister said Israeli forces carried out the operation.
- Following Monday’s air raids, Iranian media reported dozens of civilian deaths across Tehran and other cities, with damage near Sharif University and in residential districts.
- Israeli officials said a Quds Force special-operations commander, Asghar Bagheri — also reported as Bakri — was also killed; Unit 840 is the wing that runs covert plots abroad.
- Israel said it has severely damaged Iran’s steel and petrochemical sites, including facilities tied to South Pars at Asaluyeh, a major gas and plastics hub that helps fund the Guard.
- Iran launched missiles toward Israel and nearby Gulf states in response, with deaths reported in Haifa, while mediators circulate a 45‑day ceasefire plan under President Donald Trump’s deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.