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Brigadier General Mohammed Bagerie, Deputy Chief of Iranian Armed Forces (R) and Brigadier General Hossein Salami (L), commander -in -chief of IRGC during the Grand Prophet Military Training of the Iran Armed Forces in Saravan, Iran, on April 12, 2016.
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Israel launched a series of air strikes against Iran Early Friday morning local time, targeting places that are said to be related to Iran nuclear A program, provoking the wiring conflict.
Mohammed Hosin Bagerie, chief of Iranian Armed Forces and the highest military official in the country, was killed during strikes, along with chief commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Corps, reports Hosin Salami, Iranian state media reports.
The Israeli air strikes also turned and killed two of the leading nuclear scientists in Iran, Ferreidin Abbasi-Varwani and Mohammed Mehdi Teranchi, according to Iranian news newspapers.
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Hamenei has promised to avenge the attacks.
“With this crime, the Zionist regime brought a bitter and painful fate to himself and will surely face him,” he said in a statement.
People gather close to damaged vehicles after Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025.
Majid Asgaripour | WANA | By Reuters
Iranian media reported numerous deaths in the capital Tehran, along with air strikes in the city of Nathan, which is home to a key nuclear facility. As of Friday morning, the International Atomic Energy Agency stated that ISFAHAN’s nuclear object in Iran was not influenced and “no increase in radiation levels on the Nathan site” was observed.
The goals in the city of Handab, where there is a heavy water nuclear reactor, and the hummabad, the place of a ballistic missile base, also struck.
Iran started about 100 drones to Israeli territory in revenge, said Israeli military spokesman, who is working to capture.
Iran card infographics showing nuclear objects, reactors and uranium mines.
Graphics from Sylvie Husson, Nalini Lepetit-Chella, Sabrina Blanchar | AFP | Through getty images
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He said to the nation, “This operation will last as many days as it takes to eliminate this threat.”
The country’s Minister of Defense Israel Katz announced a state of emergency shortly after the start of the strikes and warned people that “a rocket and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the near future.”
The United States did not participate in the military operation, but the US President Donald Trump was informed in advance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio He said in a statement, noting that “Israel advised us that they believe that this action was necessary for its self -defense.”
Trump approve the withdrawal of some US staff From the Middle East earlier this week, noting that the region “could be a dangerous place” and stressed that the United States would prefer to negotiate a deal for nuclear enrichment than to see a war strike.
Tehran, meanwhile, has accused Washington of not being serious in his engagement and does not respect Iran’s right to enrich Uranus for what he insists that they are peaceful goals.
Friday morning, Trump said Previously, he warned Iran that “the United States is making the best and most of the most dumbly military equipment everywhere in the world, and that Israel has many of it, with much more -and they know how to use it.”
Calling Tehran to cement a nuclear deal, he added: “The Iranian Hardlinger spoke boldly, but they did not know what would happen. Now everyone is dead and that will only get worse!”
The smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025.
VAHID SALEMI | AP
It remains to be seen if Iran and Israel will move forward with a more escalation. Historically contrary, the two countries have grown military rhetoric and hostilities following the attack of terror, carried out by Tehran -backed Palestinian Hamas group in Israel in October 2023. The Jewish state has repeatedly accused Iran of Proxy for interventions against him through Hamas, Hezbola of Hezbola.
The tension last boiled at the end of last year, when Iran and Israel briefly fired direct rockets to the other’s territories, but eventually gave way to the full war.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guteres has called on both sides to “show the maximum restriction, avoiding at all costs a deeper conflict, a situation that the region can hardly afford.”
Oil prices It rose against the backdrop of fears of a wider regional war and concerns about the prospects for delivery in the raw Middle East.
Investors also turned to safe shelters – which is thought to offer protection in times of increased instability – as the scale of the attack surprised the markets. Gold has hit almost two months maximum news, and US Department of Finance prices have also increased. Meanwhile, US futures fell, with Dow Futures reducing 580 points.
– Vinay Dwivedi and NBC News’ Courtney Kube, Tom Winter and Ken Dilanian have contributed to this report.