Overview

• On June 19, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named Brigadier General Mohammad Karami as commander of the IRGC Ground Forces, replacing General Pakpour
• Brigadier General Majid Khademi was appointed on June 20 as head of the IRGC Intelligence Organisation after Mohammad Kazemi’s death in an Israeli strike
• The Israel Defense Forces and Iran have traded missiles and drone attacks that have killed at least 639 people and injured more than 1,300 in Iran, while wounding at least 240 in Israel
• Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened Supreme Leader Khamenei after an Iranian missile strike struck Soroka Medical Centre and nearby residential areas
• The U.S. has dispatched additional warplanes and the USS Nimitz carrier to the region as President Trump weighs a broader military role beyond brokering a ceasefire