Tehran: At least 78 people were killed and 329 injured in the Israeli occupation strikes against multiple locations in Tehran, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Friday. "Unofficial statistics showed that 78 people were martyred and 329 wounded in the attack by the Israeli occupation on areas in Tehran," it added. Accurate figures will be announced by official authorities.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Iran state-run TV announced earlier that high-ranking military officials, including Commander of the Iranian Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri, and Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami, were killed in the Israeli occupation strikes. Additionally, prominent figures such as Mohammad-Mehdi Tehranchi, a nuclear scientist and president of the Islamic Azad University, and Fereydoun Abbasi, a nuclear scientist and former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, were also killed in separate strikes, alongside Commander of Khatam Al-Anbia Headquarters Major General Gholamali Rashid.
Meanwhile, Mehr news agency reported that loud explosions were heard in Kermanshah and Hamedan, Western Iran. "Many explosions were heard earlier in Kermanshah and suburbs of Hamedan near the Noje air base," it noted.