Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Monday that its missile strikes targeted the office of Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the headquarters of the Israeli air force commander.
In a statement carried by Fars News Agency, the Guards said “the office of the criminal prime minister of the Zionist regime and the headquarters of the regime’s air force commander were targeted.”
The group stated that Kheibar missiles were used in the operation.
Meanwhile, Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian named Revolutionary Guards General Majid Ebnelreza as acting defence minister after his predecessor was killed in Israeli-US strikes.
Deputy for presidential communications Mehdi Tabatabaei confirmed the appointment in a post on X, stating that “by order of President Masoud Pezeshkian, Revolutionary Guards general Majid Ebnelreza has been appointed as acting defence minister.”