[UPDATE-Aug 20, 2026-Israel-Iran War] Gaza-Hamas, Lebanon-Hezbollah, Syria: Real Time Reaction and Analysis

CCTV of assassination of top IRGC Aerospace Force officer Reports from Iran that this was a Mossad operation Major Abolfazl Heidari, described in Iranian reports as a senior officer connected to an IRGC Aerospace Force missile site, was assassinated in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province. Footage circulating on Iranian social media reportedly shows the moment Heidari was shot. Iranian reports say he was attacked by armed assailants near his family home in Zabol, close to Iran’s border with Pakistan. Earlier reports had said he was critically wounded in the attack; subsequent Iranian sources reported his death. The killing is particularly notable because…