Iran confirms IRGC aerospace commander killed by Israel

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement confirming that Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh was killed in an Israeli air strike targeting its command centre. Several other officers were also killed in the attack.

"Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force Major General Amirali Hajizadeh... along with a group of brave and dedicated fighters of this force, were martyred," the statement read.