What do we know about Israel’s attacks against Iran’s nuclear sites and military commands

Israel began strikes in Iran on Friday, stating that they were aimed at the “heart” of Iran’s nuclear program.

Strokes Killed Hossein SalamHead of the Islamic revolutionary security of Iran, a powerful branch of the country’s armed forces, other higher military figures and several nuclear scientists.

Civilians, including children, were also among those killed, Iranian state media reported. The BBC is not able to independently check these reports.

The Israeli military said Iran started about 100 drones to Israel on Friday morning, for which Israeli defense forces (IDF) said it captured.

An emergency has been declared in Israel.

The United States said it was not involved in strikes, but President Donald Trump said he had been aware of Israel’s plans in advance.

Multiple strokes are reported, including in the main nuclear nuclear enrichment facility.

Explosions have been reported in the capital of Iran Tehran around 03:30 local time (01:00 BST).

Iranian state television said the residential areas in Tehran had been hit, with the explosions also hearing northeast of the capital.

In Israel, residents were awakened by Air Raid sirens at about the same time and received signals for emergency phones.

Israeli military said they had hit “dozens of military goals, including nuclear targets in different areas of Iran.”

Hours after the initial strikes in Nathan’s nuclear facility, it was reported in an explosion, located about 225 km (140 miles) south of the capital, according to Iranian state media.

Later, the IDF confirmed that he had hit the site and stated that his attack had led to significant damage.

The global nuclear guard, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAA), said it was informed by Iranian authorities that there was no increase in radiation levels at the Nathan plant.

The head of the Maae Rafael Grossi said that nuclear facilities “should never be attacked” and such strikes have “serious consequences for safety, security and precautionary measures for nuclear energy, as well as for regional and international peace and security.”

In a statement to board members, he called on “all sides to exercise maximum restraint to avoid more escalation,” saying that “any military action that threatens the safety and security of nuclear facilities risks serious consequences for people from Iran, region and outside.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that strikes – called Rising Lion Operation – were “a purposeful military operation to return Iran’s threat to Israel’s survival itself. “

He said the operation would “continue for as many days as needed to remove distribution”.

Netanyahu said Iran has taken “weapons” steps in recent months, “if not stopped, Iran can produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time.”

An Israeli military official told the BBC that Iran had enough nuclear material to create nuclear bombs “within days”.

In his address, Netanyahu also thanked US President Donald Trump for “confronting the Iranian nuclear weapon program”.

The strikes come when American talks about Iran’s nuclear program, which began in April, seems to have stopped in recent days. The next round of conversations was scheduled for Sunday.

Trump hoped to make a deal to stop Tehran, which developed a nuclear weapon. Iran has long insisted that his nuclear activities were calm.

Earlier this week, Trump reported that he had had a “tense” telephone conversation with Netanyahu, who has long been arguing about a military, not a diplomatic approach to Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Last year, Iran and Israel started a number of air strikes against each other In April and October – although Israel’s strikes last year was not thought to be as widespread as his current operation.

Iranian Ayatola Ali Hamenei’s supreme leader said Israel “must” anticipate a severe punishment, “while Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi described the attack as a” declaration of war. “

Iran started about 100 drones to Israel on Friday morning, IDF said. The military said it captured drones.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said its armed forces would not “hesitate to protect Iran’s sovereignty with full force and in the way they consider it appropriate.”

In a statement, the ministry called Israel’s operation “acts of aggression” and said that “the US Government, as a major patron of this regime, will also be responsible.”

Responding to the strokes, Trump said he had given “a chance after chance” to make a deal, but “they just can’t do it.”

Some Iranian officials “spoke boldly, but they did not know what would happen,” Trump wrote in a social media publication, adding, “Everyone is dead now.”

“There was already great death and destruction, but there is still time to do this slaughter, with the next planned attacks being even more brutal, they are over.

“Iran must make a deal before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. There is no more death, no more destruction, just do it before it is too late.”

Earlier US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said USA does not participate in the strokes And he did not provide any help.

He said the main priority for the United States is to protect US forces in the region.

In another international reaction, Oman who has been brokered in US-Iranian nuclear conversationsHe said he kept Israel responsible for “this escalation and its consequences.”

The United Kingdom Prime Minister Kyar Starmer said reports on strikes were “concerned” and called for de -escalation as well as France.

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the strikes risk “more destabilization of a region that is already variable.”

The strikes were also convicted of Japan, Turkey, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia.

China said it was “deeply worried about the serious consequences” that strikes can bring.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guteres has asked both sides to “maximize” to avoid “at all costs to go down in a deeper conflict.”

IDF said three Iranian military commanders were “eliminated in Israeli strikes in Iran.”

They were:

• Hossein Salami, Commander -in -Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC)
• Gholamali Rashid, Commander of Hamam-Al Anbiya Central Headquarters
• Mohammed Excavators, Head of Iran’s Armed Forces Staff

Later, IRGC said Amir Ali Hadjizade, the Air Force Commander, was also killed along with a group of other IRGC forces.

Israeli military said his attack overnight focused on “over 100 goals, including senior figures of the Iranian General Staff and leaders of the nuclear program.”

The IRGC -related agency, News Agency Tasnim, announced that six nuclear scientists were also killed in strikes, five of which were indicated:

• Fereydoon Abbasi, former head of the Iranian atomic Energy Organization
• Mohammed Mahdi Technichi, who participates in the Iranian Nuclear Weapon Program
• Abdulhamid Minouchehr, Head of Nuclear Engineering at Iranian University Shahid Beheshti
• Ahmad Reza Zolfhary, Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Shahid Beheshti University
• Amirhossein Faki, another nuclear professor at Shahid Beheshti University

Ali Shamhani, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, is reported to have been seriously injured, according to Iranian media.

The state media also said that civilians, including children, are also among those killed.

The BBC is not able to independently check these reports.

Iran has long maintained that his nuclear program is only for peaceful, civil purposes. It has several facilities around Iran, at least some of which have been directed to Israeli strikes.

But many countries – as well as the global nuclear guard, Iae – are not convinced that the program is for civil purposes only.

This week’s Board of Guardian Governors officially declared Iran in violation of its non -proliferation obligations For the first time in 20 years.

He quotes Iran’s “many failures” to give full answers to undeclared nuclear material and Iran’s reserves from enriched uranium.

A more reported IAE report said Iran enriched Uranus to 60% clean, near the degree of weapons, to make a potential nine nuclear bombs.