VIDEO: Israeli strikes Iranian state TV headquarters during live broadcast; at least 3 staff, including news editor, killed

Iran's state-run TV broadcaster IRIB said on Tuesday that three of its staff were killed when an Israeli strike hit its headquarters in a residential district of Tehran on Monday.

"Three of the TV station's employees were killed and others were wounded in the Israeli attack" on Monday, the channel announced, without saying how many were hospitalized.

Iranian media said the news editor Nima Rajabpour and an administrative worker, Masoumeh Azimi, were among the three fatalities, but did not name the third.

Rajabpour was reported to have been killed on the spot, while Azimi died in the hospital from the injuries.

The news anchor, Sahar Emami, who Iranian media has praised for her composure at the time of the attack, returned to the studio to resume her presentation after the television station resumed its broadcasts a short time afterward.

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This courageous Iranian woman, an anchor on Iran's news network (IRINN), stood her ground and continued broadcasting live on air until the very end, even as her network came under attack by Zionist regime. They will pay the price.

The Zionist regime is the enemy of truth. pic.twitter.com/2Zck0EBtIz

— Mohammad Ali Shafiee (@mashafiee) June 16, 2025 >

Israeli military says it has killed Iran's wartime chief of staff

Israel said on Tuesday that it had killed a high-ranking Iranian military figure whom it has described as Iran's top general.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said General Ali Shadmani, who had just been named as the head of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters — part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — had died in a strike on Tehran.

Iran did not immediately acknowledge the reported death, which, if confirmed, would add to a growing list of leading Iranian military figures killed in Israeli strikes.

Israeli military says 'extensive strikes' conducted in western Iran

Israel's military says it conducted "several extensive strikes" on military targets in western Iran overnight to Tuesday.

"During the strikes, dozens of surface-to-surface missile storage and launch infrastructure were struck," the military said in a statement on X.

"In addition, surface-to-air missile launchers and UAV storage sites were struck in western Iran," it added.

The statement included a video seeming to show hits on surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile launchers.

Israel also carried out attacks on the Iranian capital, Tehran, with Iranian media reporting explosions and heavy air defense fire in the city early on Tuesday.

Iranian media said there were also Israeli strikes in Iran's southern provinces on the shores of the Persian Gulf overnight.