Israeli military spokesperson says seven high-ranking Iranian officials have been killed

Effie Defrin, the spokesperson for the Israeli military, has just made a televised address in which he claimed Israel has killed several top Iranian officials in today’s attacks on Iran. The most prominent of those Israel claims to have killed is Ali Shamkhani, former secretary of Iran’s National Security Council and close adviser to Supreme Leader Khamenei. Shamkhani survived a June 2025 Israeli strike on his home in Tehran. Defrin also claimed to have killed Mohammad Pakpour, a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Amir Nasirzadeh, Iran’s defence minister. He added that Israeli warplanes targeted several locations across Iran, especially missile launcher sites. Defrin did not define a timeframe when a reporter asked how long military operations would continue. Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh joins live from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #IsraelIran #IranStrikes #MiddleEastTensions #IranOfficials #IsraelMilitary #AliShamkhani #MohammadPakpour #AmirNasirzadeh #IranMissileSites #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraEnglish