June 16, 2025 at 12:58PM

■■■■■ Telecom warfare: Israel hunts Iranian commando using cell phone signals – Fars

Iran’s Fars news agency said Israel is using mobile phones as a tool for targeted killings, including scientists and high-ranking military officials .

WhatsApp, Telegram, and other messaging apps record geolocation immediately after connecting to the internet, and even a switched-off phone records the last location. Brief use can also reveal an object’s coordinates.

✈️ Representatives of political, military, and security forces are advised to turn off their devices in advance before approaching “sensitive” locations, to avoid taking their phones into risk zones, and to avoid using vulnerable applications.

Earlier, the deaths of IRGC intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi, his deputies Hassan Mohakak and Mohsen Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri, and IRGC commander Hossein Salami were reported. Several other Iranian military leaders and scientists were also killed.

⚠️This isn’t the first time Israel has used technological deception. GPS tactics were used to eliminate former Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, Fars writes. In 2024, Israel carried out a full-scale operation in Lebanon against Hezbollah; pagers were subsequently used.