List of Iranian officials killed during the 2026 Iran war
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The following is a list of confirmed Iranian officials killed during the 2026 Iran war. Additional reports indicate four unnamed top officials from the Ministry of Intelligence were killed, contributing to the estimated total of around 50 officials.[1][2]
Confirmed
| Portrait | Name | Position | Date of death | Notes |
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Ali Khamenei | Supreme Leader of Iran | 28 February 2026 | Killed in an airstrike on his compound in Tehran[1][3] |
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Rear admiral Ali Shamkhani |
Secretary of the Iranian Defence Council | 28 February 2026 | Killed at the Iranian Defense Council meeting [2][4][5] |
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Major General Mohammad Pakpour |
Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | 28 February 2026 | Killed at the Iranian Defense Council meeting[6][7][5] |
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Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi |
Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces | 28 February 2026 | Killed at the Iranian Defense Council meeting[8][2][9][5] |
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Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh |
Minister of Defence | 28 February 2026 | Killed at the Iranian Defense Council meeting[8][5] |
| Brigadier General Hossein Jabal Amelian |
Head of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), Minister of Defence | 28 February 2026 | Killed at the Iranian Defense Council meeting[2][5] | |
| Brigadier General Reza Mozaffari Nia |
Former Head of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), Minister of Defence | 28 February 2026 | Killed at the Iranian Defense Council meeting[10] [5] | |
| Mohammad Baseri | Senior Intelligence Ministry official | 28 February 2026 | Killed in US–Israeli strikes[11][12] | |
| Yahya Hosseini Panjaki | Deputy Minister of Intelligence for Israel affairs, Head of Directorate for Internal Security of Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)[13] | 28 February 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on leadership in Tehran[14] | |
| Brigadier General Saleh Asadi |
Deputy for Intelligence of the Armed Forces General Staff[15] and Head of Intelligence Directorate, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters | 28 February 2026 | Killed at the Iranian Defense Council meeting[16][17][5] | |
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Brigadier General Mohammad Shirazi |
Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader | 28 February 2026 | Killed in an airstrike alongside Khamenei[17][5] |
| Akbar Ebrahimzadeh | Deputy Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader | 28 February 2026 | Killed in an airstrike alongside Khamenei[17][5] | |
| Major General Gholamreza Rezaian |
Head of the Iranian Police Intelligence Organization[5] | 2 March 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes on command centers[17][12] | |
| Brigadier General Bahram Hosseini Motlagh |
Head of Planning and Operations for the General Staff of the Armed Forces | 2 March 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes on command centers[17][18] | |
| Brigadier General Hassan-Ali Tajik |
Head of the Logistics Department of the Armed Forces General Staff | 2 March 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes on command centers[17][15] | |
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Brigadier General Mohsen Darrebaghi |
Deputy for Logistics and Support, General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran | 2 March 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes on command centers[17][18][5] |
| Mohsen Mahdavi Kalateh | Deputy Minister of Intelligence | 3 March 2026 | Killed in airstrikes on leadership[17] | |
| Ali Hashemi | Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Saheb al-Zaman in Isfahan | 8 March 2026 | Killed in airstrikes on leadership[17][19] | |
| Mohammadreza Saqafifar | Special Assistant to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei | 8 March 2026 | Killed in airstrikes on leadership[17] | |
| Asadollah Badfar | Head of the paramilitary Basij forces, General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces | 9 March 2026 (funeral)[20] | Killed in airstrikes on leadership[17] | |
| Esmail Dehghan | Senior Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | 10 March 2026 | Killed in airstrikes in Arak[17][21] | |
| Akbar Ghaffari | Deputy Minister of Intelligence | 12 March 2026[17] | Killed in strikes on leadership in Tehran[22] | |
| Naqi Mohaddesnia | Head of Clergy Affairs of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in East Azerbaijan | 12 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli attacks[17] | |
| Major General Abolqasem Babaeian |
Chief of Staff of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters[23] | 14 March 2026 | Killed in strikes in Tehran[24][17] | |
| Brigadier General Abdullah Jalali-Nasab |
Senior officer of Khatam al-Anbiya Emergency Command's intelligence branch[25] | 14 March 2026 | Killed in an Israeli attack on leadership[26][27] | |
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Brigadier General Ali Larijani |
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council | 17 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on leadership in Tehran[28][29] |
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Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani |
Head of the paramilitary Basij forces[17] | 17 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on the Basij meeting in Tehran[30][29] |
| Brigadier General Esmail Ahmadi |
Head of Intelligence for the paramilitary Basij forces | 17 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on the Basij meeting in Tehran; deputy to Gholamreza Soleimani[17][31] | |
| Alireza Bayat | Deputy for Internal Security of the Supreme National Security Council | 17 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on leadership in Tehran[32][33][29] | |
| Morteza Larijani | Assistant for Internal Security of the Supreme National Security Council | 17 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on leadership in Tehran; son of Ali Larijani[29] | |
| Ali Bateni | Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council | 17 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on leadership in Tehran[29] | |
| Qassem Qoreishi | Deputy Head of the paramilitary Basij forces | 17 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on the Basij meeting in Tehran[29] | |
| Azim Esmaili Khosrowabadi | Deputy Commander of the paramilitary Basij forces | 17 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on the Basij meeting in Tehran[34][35][29] | |
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Esmaeil Khatib | Minister of Intelligence | 18 March 2026 | Killed in strikes on leadership[36] |
| Afshin Naghshbandi | Representative of General Staff of the Armed Forces to the paramilitary Basij forces | 19 March 2026 (reported date) | Killed in airstrikes on leadership[37] | |
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Second Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naini |
Spokesperson of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Deputy for Public Relations | 20 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on leadership[38][17] |
| Mehdi Qureishi | Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | 20 March 2026 | Killed in strikes on leadership in Isfahan[39] | |
| Mehdi Rostami Shomastan | Senior Commander in the Ministry of Intelligence | 20 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes on leadership[17] | |
| Ghadir Azarian | Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in East Azerbaijan province | 21 March 2026 (reported date) | Killed in airstrikes on leadership[40] | |
| Ebrahim Mortazavi-Nasb | Commander of a paramilitary Basij unit in Shiraz | 22 March 2026 (reported date) | Killed in US-Israeli strikes[41] | |
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Commodore Alireza Tangsiri |
Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy | 26 March 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes in Bandar Abbas[42][43][44] |
| Behnam Rezaei | Head of the IRGC Navy Intelligence Directorate | 26 March 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes[45][46] | |
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Brigadier General Hassan Hassanzadeh |
Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) in Tehran Province[47] | 29 March 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes[48] |
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Brigadier General Jamshid Eshaghi |
Chief of the Office of Budget and Financial Affairs within the Armed Forces General Staff | 31 March 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes[49] |
| Mohammad Ali Fathalizadeh | Commander of the Fatehin unit | 1 April 2026 | Killed in US-Israeli strikes[50] | |
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Major General Majid Khademi |
Head of the Intelligence Organization and Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | 6 April 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes[51][5] |
| Yazdan Mir | Commander of Unit 840 of the IRGC Quds Force | 6 April 2026 | Killed in Israeli strikes; a.k.a. Asghar Bagheri[52][5] | |
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Kamal Kharazi | Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2005) | 9 April 2026 | Succumbed to wounds from US–Israeli strikes[53] |
Iranian officials in Lebanon
| Name | Position | Date of death | Notes |
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| Reza Khazaei | IRGC Quds Force Official | 3 March 2026[54] | |
| Majid Hosseinikandesar | Head of Finance of the IRGC Quds Force (Lebanon Corps) |
8 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli drone strike on Ramada Plaza Hotel, Raouché, Beirut[17][55] |
| Alireza Bi-Azar | Intelligence Officer of the IRGC Quds Force (Lebanon Corps) | ||
| Ahmad Rasouli | Intelligence Officer of the IRGC Quds Force (Palestine Corps) | ||
| Hossein Ahmadlou | Israel Desk Officer of the IRGC Quds Force ("Zionist File")[56] | ||
| Abuzar Mohammadi | IRGC Missile Operations Commander in Hezbollah's missile unit | 12 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli attacks[17][57]; targeted strikes occur on 10 March[5] |
| Davoud Alizadeh | Commander of the IRGC Quds Force (Lebanon Corps) |
12 March 2026 | Killed in Israeli attacks[17] |
Impact
On 18 March, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights estimated that 5,300+ members of the Iranian military forces had been killed in the attacks.[58]
Iranian state media declared a period of 40 days of mourning (the Arba'in) and seven days of public holidays in the wake of Ali Khamenei's death, and an Interim Leadership Council was appointed pending the election of a new Supreme Leader. On March 7, the Assembly of Experts announced Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, as the new Supreme Leader.[59] International observers including France, Russia, and the United Nations said that regime collapse or escalation of the fighting could occur.[60] U.S. and Israeli officials said that the operation is a step toward regime change, while Iran has retaliated.[4]