SAEDNEWS: The daughter of martyr General Shadmani has strongly pushed back on official claims that WhatsApp was used in Israeli operations to track and assassinate commanders, saying Israeli surveillance far surpasses such “simplistic” tools.
According to SAEDNEWS, the daughter of General Shadmani—a senior Iranian commander assassinated in a targeted Israeli operation—has taken to social media to challenge remarks made by a top Iranian civil defense official. In a strikingly candid post, she dismissed the suggestion that WhatsApp played a critical role in her father’s targeting, urging authorities to look beyond “foreign apps” and investigate more advanced surveillance methods.
The controversy began after Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization, claimed that messaging apps like WhatsApp had been instrumental in locating and eliminating high-ranking figures, including Hamas commanders. In response, Shadmani’s daughter countered: “Israel’s tracking capabilities go far beyond WhatsApp or old-school espionage. Find the real methods.”
She noted that her father adhered to strict security protocols, including avoiding smart devices and frequently changing locations. Despite these measures, she said, Israeli forces attempted multiple assassinations over several days before eventually succeeding. “From the night of the attack, we never saw him again until his body was brought home,” she wrote.
Her statement also took aim at societal misconceptions: “Some thought he must have had a phone on him—or that he came home to rest during war. A commander doesn’t carry a phone into battle or check in for downtime.”
Her remarks underscore a growing frustration among families of slain military personnel, who are calling for a deeper, more technical understanding of Israeli intelligence methods—beyond superficial explanations or blame directed at commonly used digital platforms.
