According to officials, US President Donald Trump weighed sending special operations units into Iran as one of several options to prevent the country from further enriching its uranium.
The security source said they were being flown to Russia on a Russian plane, and that another 20 Iranians had left on Friday following the start of a new war between Hezbollah and Israel.
In his post, Larijani claimed that several US soldiers had been captured during Operation Epic Fury, alleging that Washington reported them instead as killed in order to conceal the incident.
The United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia have all come under heavy drone and missile fire from Iran over the past week.
The defense establishment hopes to reduce missile fire sufficiently that Iran no longer succeeds at causing casualties, more similar to the Yemeni Houthis' missiles.
The 6,500 bombs surpassed the 4,500 dropped during June 2025's 12-day war, with the numbers being even more enhanced when taking into account that the US has already struck 3,000 targets.
The Quds Force was in charge of destabilizing the entire region, fomenting pro-Shiite and anti-Sunni movements in several countries.
The Assembly of Experts will convene on Sunday to select Iran’s next Supreme Leader following the death of Ali Khamenei. The move comes amid a joint US-Israeli offensive and internal regime chaos.
The National Intelligence Council report was completed a week before the start of the war, which broke out last Saturday.
The IRGC claimed to have struck a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by Iranian media.
As Iranian proxies target Iraq's Kurdistan, the US is reportedly courting Kurdish Iranian militias for a ground front. Groups remain split between seizing the moment and avoiding total war.
