{"id":47650,"date":"2025-06-18T18:20:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=47650"},"modified":"2025-06-18T18:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:44:12","slug":"israeli-defense-minister-claims-destroying-irans-headquarters-of-internal-security-forces-irani-media-denies-rumors-of-hitting-the-home-of-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/israeli-defense-minister-claims-destroying-irans-headquarters-of-internal-security-forces-irani-media-denies-rumors-of-hitting-the-home-of-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER CLAIMS DESTROYING IRAN&#8217;S HEADQUARTERS OF INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES &#8211; IRANI MEDIA DENIES &#8220;RUMORS&#8221; OF HITTING THE HOME OF KHAMENEI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47654\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iran-Israel-Tehran-Attacked.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iran-Israel-Tehran-Attacked.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iran-Israel-Tehran-Attacked-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iran-Israel-Tehran-Attacked-696x437.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iran-Israel-Tehran-Attacked-668x420.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: Monitoring Desk &#8211; Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that Israeli Air Force fighter jets had destroyed &#8220;the headquarters of Iran&#8217;s internal security forces.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The minister added Israel will continue to target &#8220;symbols of Iran&#8217;s rule&#8221;, without providing further details on the operation or its objectives.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks came shortly after the Israeli military said its warplanes had launched a new wave of airstrikes, hitting &#8220;military targets belonging to the Iranian regime&#8221; in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Videos circulating on social media showed plumes of smoke rising from several locations in eastern and southeastern Tehran following the blasts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Iran&#8217;s Fars news agency reported that Israel also targeted Payam International Airport, a key aviation hub for Iran near Tehran, on Wednesday. Fire and rescue teams were operating at the scene of an explosion northwest of Tehran, the agency added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8TODmZY30W\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/russia-fears-iran-israel-conflict-poses-risks-of-destabilization-across-neighboring-states\/\">RUSSIA FEARS , IRAN ISRAEL CONFLICT POSES RISKS OF DESTABILIZATION ACROSS NEIGHBORING STATES<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;RUSSIA FEARS , IRAN ISRAEL CONFLICT POSES RISKS OF DESTABILIZATION ACROSS NEIGHBORING STATES&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/russia-fears-iran-israel-conflict-poses-risks-of-destabilization-across-neighboring-states\/embed\/#?secret=csPChyam6p#?secret=8TODmZY30W\" data-secret=\"8TODmZY30W\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<section>The Jerusalem Post reported as the minister saying , &#8220;A tornado is striking Tehran, said Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday in reference to the non-stop aerial strikes and Mossad operations which have been tearing through Iran and its capital since Friday of last week.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>He added that, &#8220;symbols of the regime are being blown up and collapsing, from the official state broadcaster and soon other such targets.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>An Iranian semiofficial news agency denies \u201crumors\u201d that an Israeli airstrike targeted the home of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first time media in Iran has explicitly acknowledged the Islamic Republic\u2019s paramount leader could be a target.<\/p>\n<p>The report came from the Fars news agency, believed to be close to Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Fars describes the rumors as showing \u201cthe US and the Zionist regime\u2019s anger and confusion in the face of the supreme leader\u2019s firm statements made today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier , the Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday directly threatened the life of Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warning him that he could end up like killed former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n<p>This constitutes the clearest escalation of Israel considering assassinating Khamenei to date. The threat by Katz allowed maneuvering room since, technically, Saddam Hussein was actually killed by his own people after an extended period of running and hiding after US forces toppled his regime in Iraq.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fZKPXg5H2d\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/iran-claims-destruction-of-three-f-35-fighter-jets-of-israel\/\">IRAN CLAIMS DESTRUCTION OF THREE F-35 FIGHTER JETS OF ISRAEL<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;IRAN CLAIMS DESTRUCTION OF THREE F-35 FIGHTER JETS OF ISRAEL&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/iran-claims-destruction-of-three-f-35-fighter-jets-of-israel\/embed\/#?secret=HO6qvd6j9t#?secret=fZKPXg5H2d\" data-secret=\"fZKPXg5H2d\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Monitoring Desk &#8211; Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that Israeli Air Force fighter jets had destroyed &#8220;the headquarters of Iran&#8217;s internal security forces.&#8221;\u00a0 The minister added Israel will continue to target &#8220;symbols of Iran&#8217;s rule&#8221;, without providing further details on the operation or its objectives. 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