Rumors of Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami's death emerged on the 28th amid Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran, but were confirmed to be false.
Iranian military authorities announced that "the death of Minister Amir Hatami is not true" and that he "remains committed to his duties." On the same day, the Israeli and U.S. governments launched "preemptive missile strikes" against Tehran, Iran's capital. Some reports had claimed Minister Hatami was killed in the attacks.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated it conducted its first attack, launching missiles and drones at Israel in response to the strikes on Iran. The IRGC said Israel had struck Iranian military and government buildings. It added that it also fired missiles at U.S. military bases in Gulf states including Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.