Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming throughout Tehran.
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Israel has carried out “dozens” of air strikes in Iran, an Israeli army official has confirmed in a briefing attended by NPR. The official stated the Israeli air power was focusing on the nation’s nuclear websites, accusing Tehran of working a secret program to construct a nuclear bomb.
There have been a number of reviews from Tehran that loud explosions had been heard within the northeast of the Iranian capital. Iranian state TV reported that Israel struck the Revolutionary Guards’ headquarters in Tehran, killing the Commander Hossein Salami. The Revolutionary Guards are a strong department of Iran’s armed forces, wielding vital political and army affect.
Iran’s state media have additionally reported that each one flights at Tehran’s foremost airport, Imam Khomeini Worldwide have been suspended.
Talking on state TV, Iranian armed forces spokesperson Brigadier Basic Abolfazl Shekarchi stated that Israel and the U.S. would pay a “heavy worth” for the strikes.
Sirens additionally sounded throughout Israel within the hours earlier than daybreak: an Israel army official instructed NPR the alarms have been pre-emptive. Israel’s Protection Minister Israel Katz issued an announcement declaring a “particular state of emergency” throughout the nation, and to count on missile and drone retaliation.
A view of a broken constructing on Farahzadi Boulevard within the Iranian capital, Tehran, following the Israeli assault, on June 13, 2025.
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In a video assertion posted on social media Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated the assault, known as Operation “Rising Lion, “struck on the coronary heart of Iran nuclear enrichment program” and can “proceed for as many days because it takes”.
“It is clear Iran is simply shopping for for time; it refuses to comply with this fundamental requirement of peaceable nations. That’s the reason we’ve got no alternative however to behave and act now,” Netanyahu stated.
The information of the airstrikes despatched international markets wobbling — oil costs jumped almost 12 p.c, whereas U.S. inventory futures dipped.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in a assertion that U.S. forces weren’t concerned within the assault. “Israel suggested us that they imagine this motion was vital for its self-defense. President Trump and the Administration have taken all vital steps to guard our forces and stay in shut contact with our regional companions. Let me be clear: Iran mustn’t goal U.S. pursuits or personnel,” the assertion stated
The information got here simply hours after President Trump warned that an assault on Iran may occur. “Look, it is quite simple, not difficult. Iran can not have a nuclear weapon. Apart from that, I would like them to achieve success. I would like them to be great. We’ll assist them achieve success,” stated Trump, who had warned that it U.S talks with Iran did not curb its nuclear program, a army possibility was on the desk. His Mideast envoy Steven Witkoff had been on account of meet Iranian negotiators in Oman on Sunday
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