The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed the assassination of Major General Ali Shadmani, the newly appointed commander of Iran’s Khatam al‑Anbiya Central Headquarters, in a precision airstrike carried out in Tehran. Shadmani, who was appointed only four days ago, was reportedly killed along with several aides when an Israeli missile struck a secure command facility in central Tehran. He was considered one of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s most trusted military strategists and oversaw joint wartime operations between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran’s conventional army. This marks the third senior Iranian military official eliminated by Israel in less than a week, following the deaths of IRGC Chief Hossein Salami and General Gholam Ali Rashid. Iranian officials have...