Defence Minister Israel Katz announced on Monday that the Israel Air Force assassinated the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Intelligence Majid Khademi as he threatened to hunt down the Iranian leaders “one by one”. “Iran’s leaders live with a sense of persecution. We will continue to hunt them down one by one,” he warned.

Israel and the US carried out a wave of attacks on Monday that killed more than 25 people in Iran. Explosions rang out into the night in Tehran, and low-flying jets could be heard for hours as the capital was pounded. Iran responded with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbours as US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz loomed. Attacks also targeted facilities at Iran’s South Pars natural gas field.