Iran knows where Netanyahu convenes his meetings – Ex-IRGC chief

*Says Islamic Republic evacuated its missile centers before US, Israel latest attacks

The ex-military chief said that a successor to Ayatollah Khamenei will soon be picked by Iran’s Assembly of Experts.

A former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran knows where Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his meetings, a clear sign that the IRGC has the intelligence to target the head of the Israeli regime.

“We know the locations of Netanyahu’s meetings, and our intelligence database has been completed,” Yahya Rahim-Safavi said in an interview with state television released late on Monday.

The comments came three days after Israel and the United States assassinated Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in an airstrike targeting his office in central Tehran.

Safavi, who has served for years as a senior military advisor to the late Leader, said Iran’s intelligence system is fully aware of the activities and locations controlled by the US and Israel around Iran.

Commenting on why the US and Israel started a new war against Iran, following a brief Israeli aggression that ended in a ceasefire in June 2025, he said that US President Donald Trump has been dragged into war by

Netanyahu and his false information and assessments about Iran’s military power.

“My political analysis is that Trump has become a tool in Netanyahu’s hands, meaning he is sacrificing the US for the Israeli regime… they thought the Islamic Republic of Iran had weakened after the 12-day war, while we have become tens of times stronger,” said the general.

Safavi said Iran was aware of the deceitful tactics of the US and Israel and that they might launch fresh attacks on Iran while pretending to follow the path of diplomacy.

While Iran was committed to negotiations to solve issues related to its nuclear program, he said, it simultaneously multiplied its defensive power and its offensive missile and drone capabilities by dozens of times compared to the June war.

The former IRGC chief said Iran had evacuated its missile centers before the current round of attacks, adding that the US and Israel have been hitting empty locations in their airstrikes in the past days.

Safavi said Iran’s political and military system is well-structured and has the capability for regeneration, flexibility, and reconstruction. Nothing would happen to the system with the death of individuals, he said.

He said that a successor to Ayatollah Khamenei will soon be picked by Iran’s Assembly of Experts.