The military identified the officials as Abdallah Jalali-Nasab and Amir Shariat, and said the operation was carried out with precise guidance from Israeli Military Intelligence.<\/p>\n
According to the IDF<\/a>, the two men had recently been appointed as acting replacements in the intelligence division after their predecessor, Saleh Asadi, was killed in the opening phase of Operation Roaring Lion. Both were viewed as senior intelligence commanders and key figures within Iran\u2019s intelligence community, with close ties to the upper ranks of the regime.<\/p>\n The Khatam al-Anbiya emergency command is responsible for gathering and analyzing intelligence for senior officials in Iran\u2019s security establishment, according to the report. Those assessments help shape the regime\u2019s military decision-making against Israel.<\/p>\n Walla reported that Asadi, the previous head of the unit\u2019s intelligence branch, had been involved in formulating Iranian strategy toward Israel and the United States. The military also said he had played a significant role in Iran\u2019s plan for Israel\u2019s destruction.<\/p>\n Smoke rises after an Israeli military strike on Iran’s Basij forces headquarters in Tehran, Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on March 1, 2026 (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)<\/p>\n Part of a broader campaign<\/p>\n IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin said that hundreds of Israeli Air Force<\/a> aircraft had struck hundreds of targets tied to the Iranian regime across Iran since the start of the campaign. He said the operation began with a surprise attack after Military Intelligence identified two gathering points in Tehran where senior Iranian security leaders had assembled.<\/p>\n![\"Smoke](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/23d6f11c51e134f1b19ab7e01574832c.jpeg\"\/)
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