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Who Was Esmail Ahmadi? Head of Intelligence Division of Basij Force Killed in Tehran Strike by Israel Amid Conflict

  • The Israeli army claimed it killed Esmail Ahmadi, head of the intelligence for Iran's Basij forces, in an airstrike on Tehran.
  • An earlier airstrike targeted senior Basij leadership in Tehran, killing commander Gholamreza Soleimani and other commanders.
  • Israel said Ahmadi was involved in Iran's crackdown on protests earlier in the year.
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The Israeli military said it had killed Esmail Ahmadi in an airstrike targeting the Basij militia in Tehran earlier this week. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Ahmadi was the head of the intelligence department and played a central role in the suppression of Iranian protests. Israel also killed Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the Basij militia, this week.

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Xinhua broke the news in China on Friday, March 20, 2026.
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