Iranian intelligence chief ass@ssinated in US-Israeli strike

Iran’s top intelligence official has been k!lled in strikes by the US and Israel, both sides have confirmed. 

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Major General Majid Khademi di£d in an attack “at dawn today”, April 6, according to a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which was released before either the US or Israel made an announcement. 

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz later said Khademi was “one of those directly responsible” for attacks on Israel’s citizens and “one of the three most senior figures” in the IRGC. 

Just after 3pm on Saturday, April 4, US president, Donald Trump, gave Tehran 48 hours to “make a deal or open up the Hormuz Strait” otherwise, “all Hell will reign down on them”. 

He doubled down on the threats in an extraordinary social media post on Easter Sunday which also appeared to push the deadline back a day. 

Trump wrote: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! 

“Open the F***in’ Strait, you crazy b******s, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.” 

In a follow-up post several hours later, he wrote: “Tuesday, 8:00P.M. Eastern Time!” 

But today, the Iranians ramped up their own warnings in the face of the threats, saying their response to such attacks would be “much more devastating and widespread” retaliation.

A statement from a spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central HQ, the top Iranian military command unit, said: “If attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread.” 

The US president has told Axios he believes there is a “good chance” of a deal being reached with Iran by tomorrow, with the US news site reporting a 45-day ceasefire may be on the table. 

But he reiterated that he would be “blowing up everything over there” if it does not happen. 

Legal experts have said deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure, as Trump threatened to do in his post, is a potential war crime.