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Israel says it has killed Iran’s intelligence minister in third assassination in two days

Israel tuyên bố đã ám sát Bộ trưởng Tình báo Iran Esmail Khatib tại Tehran vào thứ Tư, đánh dấu vụ ám sát thứ ba của một quan chức cấp cao Iran trong vòng hai ngày. Các vụ ám sát trước đó nhắm vào cựu chủ tịch Quốc hội Ali Larijani và chỉ huy Basij Gholamreza Soleimani. Tổng thống Iran Masoud Pezeshkian xác nhận cái chết của Khatib và Larijani, gọi đây là những vụ ám sát 'hèn nhát'. Israel cáo buộc Khatib đóng vai trò trong các cuộc biểu tình gần đây ở Iran và lãnh đạo hoạt động khủng bố chống Israel và Mỹ. Cơ quan tư pháp Iran đã xác nhận cái chết của Soleimani.

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Israel says it has killed Iran’s intelligence minister in third assassination in two days

Iran's then incumbent Minister of Intelligence Esmail Khatib (C) sits with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (C-R) before a speech to members of parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 17, 2024, as he defends his cabinet selection.

Israel's Defense Forces said Wednesday that Iran's intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, had been killed in a "targeted strike" in Tehran, marking the third assassination of a high-ranking official in just two days.

"Khatib played a significant role during the recent protests throughout Iran, including the arrest & killing of protestors and led terrorist activities against Israelis & Americans around the world," the IDF said in a post on social media.

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"Similarly, he operated against Iranian citizens during the Mahsa Amini protests (2022–2023)," they added.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed Khatib's death in a post on X.

"The cowardly assassination of my dear colleagues Ismail Khatib, Ali Larijani, and Aziz Nasirzadeh, alongside some of their family members and accompanying team, has left us in deep mourning," Pezeshkian wrote.

It comes after Israel said Tuesday that Iran's top security official, Ali Larijani, and the commander of Iran's Basij forces, Gholamreza Soleimani, had both been killed. Iran's official judiciary news agency later confirmed the killing of Soleimani, The Associated Press reported.

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