India, Feb. 28 -- Iranian officials have rubbished media reports about the death of Army Chief Amir Hatami amid the latest US and Israeli strikes on Iran. This comes as several publications and commentators on social media baselessly claimed that the defense chief was killed.

On Saturday, claims about Amir Hatami's death surfaced on popular social media platforms like X, Facebook, and Reddit.

"Israeli media claim that the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army, Amir Hatami, has been killed," one person wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

"International media outlets, citing Israeli sources, report that General Amir Hatami was killed during a series of preemptive strikes launched by Israel against targets in Tehran," another...