Brigadier General Muhammad Baghri, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces (PBUH) and Brigadier Hussein Salami, Supreme Commander of Irgak during the military military military military exercises of the Iranian Armed Forces in Saravan, Iran, on April 12, 2016.
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Israel I launched a series of air strikes against Iran Early on Friday morning, local time, targeting the sites that he said are linked to Iran nuclear The program, which raises the market fears of a broader conflict.
Muhammad Hussein Baghri, head of the Iranian armed forces and the largest military official in the country, was killed during the strikes, along with the commander of the Iranian Islamic Islamic Guard Corps, according to Hussein Salami, the Iranian media reported.
Israeli air strikes also targeted and killed two prominent nuclear scientists in Iran, Feydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, according to Iranian news means.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khawni, pledged to take revenge on the attacks.
“With this crime, the Zionist regime brought a bitter and painful fate on itself, and it will definitely face it,” he said in a statement.
People are gathering near damaged vehicles in the wake of Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025.
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Iranian media reported multiple death in the capital, Tehran, as well as air strikes in Natanz, which is home to a major nuclear facility. As of Friday morning, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran’s nuclear convergence site was not affected, and “no increase in radiation levels at the Natanz site.”
The targets were also in the city of Khandab, where there is a nuclear water reactor, and Khoramabad, a ballistic missile base location.
An Israeli military spokesman said that Iran fired about 100 drones towards Israeli territory in revenge.
The graph with the map of Iran shows nuclear sites, reactors and uranium mines.
Drawing is written by Selfie Hoson, Nalini Libyett Chili, Sabrina Blancard AFP | Via Getty Images
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The nation told: “This process will continue for several days, as required to remove this threat.”
The country’s defense minister, Israel Katz, announced a state of emergency shortly after the start of strikes and warned people of “missiles and drone against Israel and its civilian residents in the near future.”
The United States did not participate in the military operation, but the American president Donald Trump It was previously informed, Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Rubio He said in a statement, noting that “Israel advised us that they believe that this measure is necessary for self -defense.”
Trump He agreed to withdraw some American individuals From the Middle East earlier this week, noting that the region “can be a dangerous place” and confirms that the United States prefers negotiating an agreement on nuclear enrichment rather than seeing a military strike.
Tehran was accused of Washington at the same time of not seriously sharing it and lacking respect for Iran’s right to enrich uranium when it insists on being peaceful purposes.
Friday morning, Trump He said Previously, Iran has warned that “the United States is making the best and most fatal military equipment anywhere in the world, to a large extent, and that Israel has many of it, with more in the future – and they know how to use it.”
He added: “Tehran urged strengthening a nuclear deal,” Some Iranian Harderner spoke courageously, but they did not know what was about to happen. They all died now, and it will get worse! “
Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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It remains to see whether Iran and Israel will pressure more escalation. Historically, the two sides have intensified war and hostility since the terrorist attack carried out by the Palestinian -backed Palestinian group in Israel in October 2023. The Jewish state has repeatedly accused Iran of Iran.
Tensions faded late last year, when Iran and Israel briefly launched direct missile strikes on each other, but in the end it retreated from the full war.
UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres urged both sides to “show the maximum restrictions, and avoid everything to descending into a deeper conflict, a position that the region cannot bear.”
Oil prices It increased amid fears of a broader regional war and concerns about the forecasts of the display in the violent Middle East.
Investors also turned into safe havens – which is believed to provide protection in increasing fluctuations – as the size of the attack has surprised the markets. Gold reached the highest level in the two months on the news, and the prices of the US Treasury also rose. Meanwhile, American stock futures decreased, with Dow Futures 580 points.
– In this report, he contributed to this report – Vinay Duvidy of CNBC and NBC News contributed.
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