{"id":105493,"date":"2026-02-28T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/iran-defence-minister-and-revolutionary-guards-commander-killed-three-sources-say-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:45:10","slug":"iran-defence-minister-and-revolutionary-guards-commander-killed-three-sources-say-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/iran-defence-minister-and-revolutionary-guards-commander-killed-three-sources-say-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran defence minister and Revolutionary Guards commander killed, three sources say | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran’s foreign minister says that we may have lost a few commanders, but that’s not such a big problem<\/p>\n

Head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ground forces Mohammed Pakpour. Photo: Reuters\/ File <\/p>\n

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Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammed Pakpour are believed to have been killed in Israeli attacks, two sources familiar with Israel’s military operations and one regional source said.<\/p>\n

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Iranian Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and IRGC commander Mohammad Pakpour have been killed in Israeli attacks, Reuters reports, citing three sources familiar with the matter. pic.twitter.com\/62ym4K6FZz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that “we may have lost a few commanders, but that’s not such a big problem,” according to an NBC News reporter on X.<\/p>\n

He accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former US president Donald Trump of waging an unjustified confrontation against Tehran, warning that Iran\u2019s armed forces were ready to respond.<\/p>\n

In a statement posted on social media platform X, Araghchi said: \u201cNetanyahu and Trump’s war on Iran is wholly unprovoked, illegal, and illegitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Netanyahu and Trump’s war on Iran is wholly unprovoked, illegal, and illegitimate.<\/p>\n

Trump has turned ‘America First’ into ‘Israel First’\u2014which always means ‘America Last’.<\/p>\n

Our Powerful Armed Forces are prepared for this day and will teach the aggressors the lesson they deserve pic.twitter.com\/xhiWydMyXy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) February 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

He further criticised Trump\u2019s foreign policy stance, stating: \u201cTrump has turned ‘America First’ into ‘Israel First’\u2014which always means ‘America Last’.\u201d<\/p>\n

The minister also issued a warning regarding Tehran\u2019s military preparedness. \u201cOur Powerful Armed Forces are prepared for this day and will teach the aggressors the lesson they deserve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The statement follows joint strikes by Israel and the United States earlier on Saturday that pushed the Middle East into renewed military confrontation and further dimmed hopes for a diplomatic solution to the West\u2019s long-standing effort to denuclearise Iran, despite Tehran\u2019s repeated assertions that it will not pursue nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

A source told Reuters that Iranian officials were the main target of the first wave of US-Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong>:\u00a0Iran targets US bases in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and UAE after American, Israeli strikes<\/a><\/p>\n

An official told Reuters that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is not in Tehran and has been transferred to a secure location, and the news agency Mehr is reporting that Iran’s President is “safe”. The New York Times, citing a US official, reported that US strikes on Iran were underway.<\/p>\n

US strikes are being launched by air and sea, a US official tells Reuters. Speaking to CNN, a US official claims that the strikes are “only on military targets”.<\/p>\n

Previously, an Iranian official said that Tehran is preparing for retaliation, “The response will be crushing.”<\/p>\n

Following US and Israeli strikes, Iran responded by attacking US bases in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said that a first wave of retaliatory missile and drone attacks had been launched against Israel, warning that all US bases and interests in the region were within Iran\u2019s reach, an Iranian official told Reuters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n