As Iran and US near a deal, Tehran remembers another recent bloody conflict
Operation Rising Lion](/news/2025/6/24/is-the-12-day-israel-iran-war-really-over-and-who-gained), include [Mohammad Bagheri](/features/2025/6/13/who-was-mohammad-bagheri-chief-of-irans-military-killed-by-israel), chief of staff of armed forces, Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Ali Akbar Hajizadeh, the longtime aerospace chief