IDF fighter jets struck an occupied command center in the heart of Tehran overnight, eliminating Ali Shadmani, the Chief of Staff and closest confidant of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Shadmani served as the wartime Chief of Staff and commander of the armed forces emergency headquarters. Shadmani commanded both the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian army. He was appointed at the beginning of the operation to command Iran’s armed forces after his predecessor, Alam Ali Rashid, was eliminated in the opening strike of Operation “Like a Lion”. Before his predecessor’s elimination, Shadmani served as deputy commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya emergency headquarters and as head of operations division at the armed forces general staff.