Iran Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license./Author: Khamenei.ir On Wednesday, Israeli Defence Minister (IDF) Israel Katz announced that Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, who bragged about arresting those responsible for ‘eliminating’ Iranian leadership, was killed in overnight strikes in Tehran. In 2022, the U.S. Treasury and State Department designated Khatib for serious human rights abuses in direct response to the crackdown following Mahsa Amini’s death. Amini died from injuries sustained at the hands of police after her arrest for the “improper” wearing of a hijab. He was sanctioned alongside the Morality Police and other officials for complicity in violence against protesters. IDF shared the announcement on Telegram: “Overnight (Wednesday), the Israeli Air Force, acting on IDF intelligence, eliminated the Iranian terrorist…
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