Israeli secret services ‘used fake phone call’ to lure Iran’s air force elite to collect their virgins

The Israelis pulled off a masterclass in deception in the style of the exploding pager situation once again, luring Iran’s air force bigwigs into a trap so slick it’d make George Santos blush.

Using fake comms snaked through Iranian channels, they faked an "emergency meeting" that screamed urgency to the idiot leaders. The bait worked like a charm, dragging the entire senior leadership of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, specifically, his Commander General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, his deputies, and the tech nerds into a fortified bunker outside Tehran.

Then, bahdahbing bahdahboom!  

A precision airstrike turned that bunker into a tomb, wiping out Iran’s top missile brass in one clean hit. Israel’s goal was to stop a barrage of over 1,000 ballistic missiles aimed at their turf. With no one left breathing to give the launch order, Iran’s plans literally went up in smoke.

Immediately after that, Israel went full throttle, hammering missile sites, infrastructure, and air defenses across Tehran and beyond. 

A senior Israeli security official told Fox News, saying the June 13 strike gutted most of the IRGC’s air force leadership. “We carried out specific activities to help us learn more about them, and then used that information to influence their behavior,” the official said, probably with a semi-smirk. “We knew this would lead them to meet, but more importantly, we knew how to keep them there.” Now that's how sarcasm is meant to go.

The strike hit harder than a sledgehammer. Drones followed, shredding Iran’s air defenses and ballistic missile stockpiles. 

Then, on Tuesday, Israel kept the pressure on, taking out Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani, the guy tapped to replace one of the commanders smoked in the initial June 13 strike. Shadmani, who ran both the IRGC and the Iranian army, got blasted in a Tehran command center, per an IDF statement.

He’d stepped up as emergency 'second string' commander after Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid got erased in “Operation Rising Lion.” Before that, Shadmani was deputy at the Khatam al-Anbiya command center and head of the Iranian Armed Forces’ Operations Directorate.

Oh, and back in January, Shadmani was bragging about Iran snagging fancy Sukhoi Su-35 jets from Russia to juice up their rusty air force, according to Defense Security Asia. 

Guess those jets won’t help him now.

And all we can say about Iran's leaders at the moment is "Baaaah!"

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Iran's second to Khamenei-- Ali Shadmani, eliminated

The hits just keep on coming

The Israeli Defense Forces have announced the elimination of Ali Shadmani, Iran’s War-Time Chief of Staff and, by all accounts, the preeminent military figure in Tehran’s regime. 

This was no errant strike but a deliberate blow, delivered by the Israeli Air Force, targeting a staffed command center in the very heart of Tehran. The significance of this cannot be overstated: Shadmani was not merely a high-ranking officer; he was, as the IDF rightly notes, the closest figure to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. This is a big deal guys.

Shadmani’s portfolio was vast and menacing. As War-Time Chief of Staff and Commander of the Emergency Command of the Iranian Armed Forces, he held sway over the Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian army itself. 

The IDF states plainly: “At the start of the operation, he was appointed to command the Iranian Armed Forces after his predecessor, Alaa Ali Rashid, was eliminated in the opening strike of Operation ‘Rising Lion.’” 

This is not the shuffling of bureaucrats; it is the systematic dismantling of a regime’s military hierarchy.

Under Shadmani’s iron grip, the Khatam al-Anbiya emergency command center orchestrated Iran’s combat operations and approved its firepower plans. The IDF’s assessment is chilling: “In his various roles, he directly influenced Iran’s operational plans targeting the State of Israel.” 

This was a dude whose every decision was a calibrated threat, a cog in the machinery of a state that has long vowed Israel’s destruction. Before his elevation, Shadmani served as deputy commander of the same command center and as head of the operations directorate in the General Staff of Iran’s armed forces. His was a career built on the architecture of conflict.

The IDF’s final point cuts to the bone: “Shadmani’s elimination adds to a series of eliminations of Iran’s most senior military leadership and degrades the chain of command of the Iranian armed forces.” 

This is not mere rhetoric but a statement of intent. Israel has struck not just at a man but at the sinews of Iran’s war machine. The message is unmistakable: no one, not even the closest confidant of Khamenei, is beyond reach. 

In a world where moral clarity is often obscured by diplomatic platitudes, this act speaks for itself. 

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