{"id":51364,"date":"2026-03-02T05:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T05:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51364"},"modified":"2026-03-02T05:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T05:36:35","slug":"irans-security-elite-targeted-in-deadly-air-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/02\/irans-security-elite-targeted-in-deadly-air-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Security Elite Targeted in Deadly Air Assault \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>Iran\u2019s Security Elite Targeted in Deadly Air Assault<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By A Correspondent \u2013 Iranian state media has confirmed that senior officials were killed in U.S.\u2013Israeli airstrikes on the country\u2019s military and security leadership. <\/p>\n<p>According to the reports, Ali Shamkhani, a top adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were killed in the strikes. <\/p>\n<p>State television reported that the deaths occurred during coordinated attacks carried out by U.S. and Israeli forces, targeting key figures in Iran\u2019s defense and security apparatus. Both Shamkhani and Pakpour were described as central to Iran\u2019s military decision-making and strategic planning. <\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s leadership has framed the hits as part of a broader escalation in tensions following the strikes, which caused widespread destruction and have led to retaliatory actions. Additional details are expected as more information emerges from Iranian authorities and international observers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Irans #Security #Elite #Targeted #Deadly #Air #Assault #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Security Elite Targeted in Deadly Air Assault By A Correspondent \u2013 Iranian state media has confirmed that senior officials&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[3546,66,329,6694,8778,9802,202,760,4215],"class_list":["post-51364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-air","tag-assault","tag-deadly","tag-eduzim","tag-elite","tag-irans","tag-news","tag-security","tag-targeted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51366,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51364\/revisions\/51366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}