Attack on Basij forces in Iran

The Israeli Foreign Ministry message to the Iranian people in Persian:

"With every moment, you are one step closer to freedom. The moment when you can take your fate into your own hands."

Documentation | In broad daylight, in the heart of Tehran: The IDF attacked Basij unit positions.

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Ali Larijani was designated as the number one target after Khamenei.

Extensive intelligence and operational efforts were made to locate him.

He was treated as a wanted target in every sense – he did not stay in one place and had particularly high security awareness. This reflects the level of alertness and suspicion the regime in Iran had reached.

In the end, a combination of special capabilities along with quick decision-making at the political level and at the level of the Chief of Staff led to his elimination.

A quick decision was made to scramble aircraft and launch the operation. The main story is the intelligence scramble and the ability to make decisions in real time. It's quite amazing when you think about it that closing the loop involves scrambling aircraft to Iran, which is not exactly just around the corner like Lebanon and Gaza.

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Iranian opposition sources report that along with Larijani, his deputy Ali-Reza Bayat was eliminated.

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According to a source who spoke to CNN, Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council who was reportedly killed earlier today in a strike by Israel, was seen by both Israel and the United States as the most favored transitional candidate as of September 2025, but became a target in early February 2026.

The source said Larijani became a target when he:
- Pushed for the brutal crackdown on protesters in January.
- Took front seat in lashing out at Israel and the United States.
-⁠ Assumed key role in strategizing the IRGC kinetic actions, in particular against the Gulf Nations.

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The directive the army received: immediate elimination of every senior Iranian and senior Hezbollah official, without waiting for approval from the political echelon.

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In Iran they confirm: Ali Larijani was eliminated.

Prime Minister:

This morning we eliminated Ali Larijani. Ali Larijani is the boss of the Revolutionary Guards, which is the gang of gangsters that effectively runs Iran. Alongside him, we also eliminated the commander of the Basij - these are the helpers of the gangsters, who spread terror in the streets of Tehran and other cities in Iran against the population. We are also active there; operating from the air with Air Force planes and drones.

We are undermining this regime in the hope of giving the Iranian people a chance to remove it. This will not happen all at once, it will not happen easily. But if we persist - we will give them the opportunity to take their fate into their own hands.

At the same time, we are helping our American friends in the Gulf. I had a long conversation with President Trump yesterday on this matter. There is cooperation between our air forces and navies, between me and President Trump and his people. We will also assist in indirect attacks that create enormous pressure on the Iranian regime, as well as in direct operations. There are many more surprises. We will wage war with tricks. We will not reveal all the tricks here, but I told you: there are many.

Now, regarding another matter: the most important thing to win a war is determination. Determination, determination, determination. Determination of the leaders, determination of the commanders, determination of the people. We are determined to win, and we will achieve these things.

I ask you simply to ignore the channels of despair. We are achieving historic accomplishments. We, with God's help, have reached a situation that after October 7th, when we were on the brink of disaster, we are now a tremendous power, almost global, with the friend who is the global superpower, fighting side by side. This is already a tremendous achievement against all the threats that will come upon us. Which other country has these capabilities? All are attacked here. Who has these powers of ours, of the alliances, of the IDF, of the Air Force, and of a strong people? So stay strong.

I want to tell you: we will also help you. Everything related to compensation - I have instructed to present you with the framework and also to expand the framework. To help the north, and to help everyone who needs it, as we have already done in the past with 'Am Kalbi', as we did earlier during the coronavirus. We will do it even more this time.