Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday morning that they were both martyred in US-Israeli attacks targeting the capital Tehran the previous day.
Rear Admiral Shamkhani, the former top security official of the Islamic Republic, was severely injured in an Israeli terrorist aggression against Iran on June 13 last year.
He was immediately transferred to a hospital, where he received medical treatment round the clock to help him recuperate from life-threatening injuries.
Many senior military commanders, including chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri, top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami, commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, were martyred in the unprovoked and deadly aggression.
Only hours later on June 13, Iran carried out its retaliatory operation True Promise III, targeting critical Israeli military and intelligence facilities in the occupied territories.
Ayatollah Khamenei appointed Mohammad Pakpour as commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), succeeding Major General Salami.
Early on Sunday, the Iranian government confirmed martyrdom of Ayatollah Khamenei.The Leader of the Islamic Revolution was martyred in a US-Israeli attack on Saturday morning.
Ayatollah Khamenei led Iran and the Muslim Ummah for 37 years since the demise of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini in 1989.
The Iranian Armed Forces have retaliated against US-Israeli aggression by executing extensive missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories and American military bases across West Asia.