Pursuant to its goal of crippling Iran’s Quds Force Special Operations Unit, the IDF confirmed Monday that a precise strike in Tehran yesterday took out Asghar Bagheri, the longtime commander of the Quds Force’s elite Special Operations Unit (840).

Unit 840 is a secretive, elite unit tasked with orchestrating terrorist attacks against Jews and Israelis worldwide, and Bagheri played a key role in plotting and carrying out international attacks against those targets, as well as Americans, globally. He also held top roles in advancing terror operations inside Israel, as well as in Syria and Lebanon.

Using intelligence obtained from Syrian informants who had previously served in the Syrian army under Bashar al-Assad, the former dictator of Syria, Bagheri orchestrated attacks against IDF soldiers stationed along the border between Syria and Israel. Bagheri personally led these attacks, with the help and support of his deputy, Mohammad Reza Ansari, and Qassem Salah al-Husseini. The latter was eliminated near Beirut in 2025.

What’s more, Bagheri worked on the transfer of weapons from Iran directly into the hands of terrorists operating within Israel, increasing the threat the Quds Force poses to Israel.

His elimination marks yet another blow to Iran’s Quds Force as part of Israel’s operation to neutralize the threat emanating from Iran.