Local authorities in Iran’s Isfahan province claim that there were no radiation leaks at a significant nuclear site.
After Israeli air strikes overnight at the nuclear site, which triggered the air defense system, caused smoke to rise early on Saturday in an area close to a mountain in the city of Isfahan.
At least 430 people were killed and nearly 3,500 others were injured in Iran as a result of the Middle Eastern conflict, according to Iran’s health ministry, which announced its second attack on Isfahan.
According to authorities, the Isfahan attack left no injuries.
According to Iranian media, Israeli forces also attacked a military installation in Shiraz, in southern Iran.
Explosions were audible above Tel Aviv, where buildings were seen engulfed in flames, on the Israeli side.
The emergency services in central Israel released images of a multi-story residential building’s roof that showed flames. According to local media reports, falling debris from an Iranian missile intercepted the fire.
In Israel’s worst conflict between the long-standing adversaries, at least 24 people have been killed by Iranian missile attacks, according to local authorities.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz reported on Saturday that Israel had killed Saeed Izadi, who was the leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) overseas arm, in a bombing of an apartment in Qom, Iran.
Katz described Izadi’s death as a “major achievement for Israeli intelligence and the Air Force” in a statement. He claimed Hamas had allegedly funded and armed the Palestinian organization ahead of its Israeli attack on October 7, 2023.
According to Iranian media, the IRGC reported that five of its members perished in Israeli attacks. Izadi, who was listed on American and British sanctions, was not mentioned in the documents.
Tehran launched retaliatory strikes on June 13 after Israel launched air strikes on a number of Iranian sites, including military and nuclear facilities.
Iran’s negotiators were negotiating with the US to curb its enrichment program in exchange for sanctions relief, despite Israel’s claim that it attacked Iran to stop it from developing nuclear weapons.
Iran has enriched uranium beyond what is required for civilian purposes, according to Iranian intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency, despite Iranian intelligence saying there are no indications that it is developing nuclear weapons.
Trump, however, claimed on Friday that Tulsi Gabbard, the head of US intelligence, was “wrong” when he claimed Iran wasn’t developing nuclear weapons.
Tehran is still open to dialogue at the United Nations and other such forums, according to Fatemeh Mohajerani, a spokesman for the Iranian government.
“We think it’s important to hear the other side.” Our diplomats are in Geneva to hear the other side’s story, Mohajerani said, adding that any diplomacy must begin with the recognition of Israel’s attack on Iran.
Iranians are upset over Israel “not just attacking nuclear facilities and military complexes,” according to Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi, who was based in Tehran.
He claimed that “ordinary people are being attacked daily on a daily basis.”
Source: Aljazeera
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