Israel Defense Forces, 20 March 2026

🔴ELIMINATED: Mehdi Rastami Sh'mastan, a key commander in the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence.

Sh'mastan was a key figure in promoting terrorist activities and attacks against Israeli and Jewish civilians around the world.

The Ministry of Intelligence is the Iranian terror…

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 20, 2026

… regime’s primary intelligence organization and serves as one of the regime’s central mechanisms of oppression and terror.

🔴ELIMINATED: Esmail Ahmadi, Head of the Intelligence Division of the Basij Force, as well as several other senior commanders in a strike on the senior leadership of the Basij Force in the heart of Tehran.

Ahmadi played a central role in advancing and executing terror attacks… pic.twitter.com/M9mwVmlvH7

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 20, 2026

… carried out by Basij Forces. He was also responsible for enforcing public order and the regime’s values on behalf of the IRGC and leading major suppression operations during the recent internal protests in Iran.