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Brigadier General Masoud Zare was a senior Iranian military commander serving as the commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense College.

He was killed in a joint U.S.–Israeli airstrike in Isfahan province, Iran in April 2026.

The strike targeted Iran’s air defense infrastructure amid the wider Middle East conflict.

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Majid Khademi was an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who served as head of the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization from 2022 and of the IRGC Intelligence Organization from 2025 until his assassination in an Israeli airstrike during the 2026 Iran war.

Explanation

On 1 March 2026, Iranian state media confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during joint U.S.-Israeli air strikes.

Targeted Strike: The operation, codenamed "Roaring Lion" (Israel) and "Operation Epic Fury" (U.S.), targeted Khamenei's central compound in Tehran.

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Gholamreza Soleimani was an Iranian military officer who served as a senior officer in the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and commander of the paramilitary Basij forces.

He was killed during the 2026 Iran war by Israeli strikes.

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Ali Larijani was an Iranian politician, military officer, and philosopher who served as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2025 until his assassination in 2026. From December 2025 until his assassination, he was widely considered to be the de facto leader of Iran.

He was killed in an Israeli strike on Tehran, Iran on 17 March 2026.

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