Russian President's press secretary: Assassinating Iranian leaders will have "extremely serious consequences"

Russian President's press secretary Peskov said on the 22nd that the assassination of Iranian leaders "has already and will continue to have extremely serious consequences." Peskov said in an interview with the host Zarubin of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company on that day that the ultimate goal of the current war against Iran is to overthrow the Iranian government, "but every such action only serves to unite the Iranian people more in support of their leadership." The US and Israel launched a large-scale military operation against Iran on February 28th, resulting in the death of the then Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei and several senior military and political officials in the airstrikes. Israeli Defense Minister Katz said that Iran's top National Security Council Secretary Larijani and the commander of the "Mobilization of the Poor Organization" in Iran, Qasem Soleimani, were killed in the Israeli attack on the 16th, and Iran's Minister of Intelligence, Ismael Hatib, was killed in the Israeli attack on the 17th. Katz said on the 18th that the Israeli military has been authorized to assassinate any Iranian official without seeking approval.