New Delhi, March 1 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday (local time) claimed that Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian armed forces, was killed in the strikes launched on Saturday.

Sharing a post on X, IDF wrote, "ELIMINATED: Abdolrahim Mousavi, the Iranian Chief of Staff of the armed forces," adding that the IDF also killed seven members of the top Iranian security leadership in Tehran, along with 40 senior commanders.

According to a BBC News report, Mousavi, who was born in Qom in 1955, was a veteran of the Islamic Republic's armed forces. He joined the Iranian Army in 1979 and began his training at the Army Officers' College. Mousavi had a PhD in Defense Administration from the National Defense ...