Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they struck a centre of the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service, in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, according to Agence France-Presse.
In a statement aired on state television, the Guards said they “struck the military intelligence centre of the Zionist regime’s army, Aman, and the Zionist regime’s terrorist operations planning centre, the Mossad, in Tel Aviv”. The Guards added that the centre was “currently on fire”.
A cyber-attack on Tuesday crippled Sepah Bank, one of Iran’s main state-owned banks, according to Fars news agency. The agency said: “A cyberattack targeted the infrastructure of Sepah Bank, causing disruptions to the institution’s online services”.
It added that the issue was expected to be resolved within the next few hours.
More than 600 foreign nationals have crossed from Iran into neighbouring Azerbaijan since Israel began striking the country last Friday, a government official in Baku told AFP.
The government source said on Tuesday: “Since the start of the military escalation between Israel and Iran, more than 600 citizens of 17 countries have been evacuated from Iran via Azerbaijan. Evacuees are transported from the border to Baku International Airport and flown to their home countries on international flights”.
The Israeli military claimed on Tuesday to have assassinated Ali Shadmani, whom it identified as Iran’s wartime chief of staff, according to Reuters. The Israelis described Shadmani as Iran’s “most senior military commander”.
Shadmani was appointed to his role after the assassination of Gholamali Rashid last week by Israeli forces, who was the former head of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
Additionally, a staffer at the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB has died after an Israeli attack on the building during a live broadcast, Iranian media has reported.
Masoumeh Azimi succumbed to severe injuries caused by the shockwave from the attack, Press TV, which is owned by IRIB, reported. Several other journalists were also injured, it said. It was not possible to independently confirm the report.
(information from The Guardian)
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