A senior Iranian general appointed as military emergency Commander after his predecessor was killed in Israel’s opening strikes on Iran, was on Monday eliminated in an airstrike, the Israeli Defence Force(IDF) said.
Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani had headed the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, also known as Iran’s military emergency command, for four days.
Shadmani had replaced Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, who was killed on Friday in Israel’s opening strikes against Iran.
The IDF says Shadmani was de facto Iran’s most senior military commander, the “war chief of staff,” and considered the closest remaining military figure to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
“He commanded both the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian Armed Forces,” the IDF says.
The military says that under Shadmani’s command, the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters “was responsible for managing combat operations and approving Iran’s attack plans.”
“In his various roles, he had a direct influence on Iran’s offensive plans targeting the State of Israel,” the IDF says.
The IDF says Shadmani previously served as deputy of the Khatam-al Anbiya HQ and as chief of operations in Iran’s armed forces.
