The claims, starting around 5 a.m. UTC, came from pro-Israel accounts and Iranian opposition sources, often stamped with ‘ELIMINATED’ over Vahidi’s photo.
Social media and Iranian opposition channels are buzzing with unverified claims that Maj. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes on the Iranian capital.
Vahidi, recently appointed after U.S.-Israeli strikes killed prior IRGC leaders, faces long-standing accusations over the 1994 AMIA bombing. The buzz highlights tensions in the four-month war amid unverified information.
Israeli strikes on Tehran were reported overnight, with explosions heard in the city, but no specific details on high-value targets have been released by either side.
Vahidi, a hardline IRGC veteran, was appointed IRGC commander-in-chief on March 1, 2026, following the deaths of his predecessors in earlier rounds of the conflict.
Vahidi previously served as Commander of the Quds Force (1988–1998), Iran’s Defense Minister and Interior Minister. A key figure accused by Argentina of involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires (85 killed; Interpol red notice issued). Vahidi is also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was named by the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as the deputy of the IRGC last December.
Several Israeli-linked media posts on X claimed that the IRGC commander who threatened Israel on Sunday was killed in a Tel Aviv strike on Tehran.
An X post read, “Iranian opposition media are claiming that IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi may have been killed in Israeli airstrikes inside Tehran. Vahidi had reportedly issued a direct threat against Israel earlier today. There is no official confirmation at this stage.”
Another account wrote, “An underground facility in the area of Kouhsar Park in northwest Tehran was targeted. Allegedly, IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi is said to have been there, but there is no confirmation yet.”
A netizen claimed that the IRGC commander was hiding at “an underground facility in the area of Kouhsar Park in northwest Tehran.”
His rapid rise came amid heavy losses in the IRGC leadership during the 2025–2026 war with Israel and the US.
This claim emerges against a backdrop of repeated high-level assassinations in Iran. If confirmed, Vahidi’s death would represent another significant blow to the IRGC command structure.
Social media buzz claims Iran’s top leader, Mojtaba Khamenei—who took power in March after his father’s death in U.S.-Israeli strikes—has lost touch with leadership during fresh Israeli airstrikes on the capital.
The speculation arose after Iranian missile strikes on Israel reportedly followed pre-planned protocols without his input, amid reports of blasts and downed drones.
While opposition sources celebrate a crumbling regime and unverified claims suggest IRGC chief Ahmad Wahidi’s death, state media stays silent, leaving his status unclear in this ongoing war marked by over 3,000 Iranian deaths and a fragile ceasefire.
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