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The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated that Israel "will undoubtedly receive a painful fate" following the attack on the Persian nation on Friday.

"The regime must expect a severe punishment. The powerful hand of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic will not let it escape, with God's permission," he said. "With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared itself a bitter and painful fate, which it will undoubtedly receive," he added.

He also confirmed the deaths of several military personnel and scientists and stated that their successors will immediately take on their responsibilities.

Previously, Iranian state media confirmed the death of the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, as well as two prominent scientists: Fereydoun Abbasi, former director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, president of Azad Islamic University.

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