Israel kills numerous senior Iranian officials Israel’s audacious June 13 military strike on Iran killed at least 10 key military and scientific personnel – part of its ongoing efforts to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, commander in chief of all armed forces, says Israel “should anticipate a harsh punishment” Key military personnel Nuclear scientists Hossein Salami: Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Bagheri: Chief of Staff of armed forces Gholamali Rashid: Deputy Commander of armed forces Ali Shamkhani: Former senior navy commander overseeing nuclear talks with U.S. Mohammad Mehdi Tehranji: Theoretical physicist Fereydoun Abbasi: Scientist and key figure in nuclear development Abdulhamid Minouchehr: Managed nuclear enrichment logistics Ahmadreza Zolfaghari: Professor of nuclear engineering Seyed Amirhossein Feqhi: Professor of nuclear engineering Motalleblizadeh (only surname known): Nuclear research specialist Pictures: Getty Images, IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, Creative Commons, X, Facebook Sources: Reuters, New York Times, Jerusalem Post, DW, Economic Times © GRAPHIC NEWS