Iran will retaliate for Israeli strikes on its territory, Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei stated on Friday, confirming that senior commanders have been killed within the assault.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) stated it struck dozens of targets throughout Iran, together with army installations and a nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the objective of the operation was to stop Iran from buying the potential to develop nuclear weapons.
In an announcement on Friday morning, Khamenei warned that Israel “ought to anticipate extreme punishment.” He accused the IDF of placing residential areas, whereas acknowledging that “a number of commanders and scientists” have been killed.
The Normal Employees of the Iranian Armed Forces described the assault as “blatant aggression” and vowed a “crushing” response.
In line with Iranian media, the victims embrace Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Deputy Chief of Military Employees Gholam Ali Rashid, and nuclear scientists Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi and Fereydoon Abbasi.
The assault passed off simply days earlier than the sixth spherical of nuclear talks between the US and Iran, scheduled for Sunday in Oman. US President Donald Trump lately accused Tehran of “slow-walking” the negotiations after earlier rounds failed to provide a breakthrough. On Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio careworn that Washington was not concerned within the Israeli strikes.
Iran has denied that it’s in search of to accumulate nuclear weapons, insisting as a substitute on its proper to conduct nuclear analysis for civilian functions.
You may share this story on social media:
