The IDF confirms killing Jamshid Eshaghi, a top Iranian general, in an airstrike in Iran over the weekend.
The military identifies Eshaghi as the chief of Iran’s “oil headquarters.” Officially, he served as the head of budget and financial affairs at Iran’s armed forces general staff, a military body that coordinates between the regular army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The military says the oil HQ is an “integral part of the regime’s armed forces, enabling the continuation of their activities and military buildup through profits from oil sales.”
“For years, the IRGC and additional military bodies in Iran have been financed through vast budgets sourced from oil sales, while circumventing international sanctions,” the IDF says.
Yesterday, the IRGC confirmed the killing of Eshaghi following the Israeli strike on Saturday. Iranian city ‘hit hard’ by strikes, say residents, while video shows huge blasts at missile base.
Footage from a missile base near the Iranian city of Isfahan shows major explosions after an apparent air strike
One clip, verified by the BBC, shows secondary explosions after the strikes on Wednesday – while another shows the base burning for several minutes
Meanwhile, the Iranian city of Karaj is being “hit hard”, residents told the BBC earlier today, as US and Israeli attacks continue
On Wednesday night, Donald Trump said the US would hit Iran “extremely hard” in the coming weeks – while also saying its objectives would be met soon
In response, Iran warns of “broader” and “crushing” retaliation, while claiming US-Israeli strikes have been “insignificant”
Israel is also continuing air strikes on Lebanon, where new pictures show the aftermath of an attack
And in the, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hosted discussions on reopening the Strait of Hormuz – and has condemned Iran’s “recklessness”
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