{"id":23228,"date":"2025-06-13T17:59:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=23228"},"modified":"2025-06-13T18:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:08:34","slug":"middle-east-israel-attacks-iranian-nuclear-facilities-iran-promises-to-deliver-a-harsh-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=23228","title":{"rendered":"Middle East: Israel attacks Iranian nuclear facilities &#8230; Iran promises to deliver a &#8216;harsh response&#8217;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Middle East: Israel attacks Iranian nuclear facilities<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Iran promises to deliver a &#8216;harsh response&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>By Admin<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has promised that Iran will deliver a &#8216;harsh response&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23230\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23230\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reuters_684bb620-1749792288-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reuters_684bb620-1749792288-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reuters_684bb620-1749792288-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reuters_684bb620-1749792288-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reuters_684bb620-1749792288-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/reuters_684bb620-1749792288.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO: Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader\/WANA (West Asia News Agency)\/Handout via REUTERS<br \/>THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.\/File Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ali Khamenei has warned that Israel faces a \u2018bitter and painful\u2019 fate following the attack.<\/p>\n<p>By Al Jazeera Staff<\/p>\n<p>Israel has attacked several Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites, and carried out assassinations of top military officials and nuclear scientists. An initial wave of strikes was carried out on Friday morning. A second, separate attack on the city of Tabriz, northwest Iran, was reported by local media later on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday afternoon, the semi-official state media group, the Iranian Fars news agency reported \u201cunofficial statistics\u201d showing that more than 70 people had been killed and more than 320 were injured in Israel\u2019s attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The aggression has led to fears of a wider military conflict in the region, with Tehran promising a \u201charsh response\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy God\u2019s will, the powerful hand of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic will not let it [Israel] go unpunished,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a prerecorded message that the strikes early on Friday were aimed at hurting Iran\u2019s nuclear infrastructure and ballistic missile factories.<\/p>\n<p>Later on Friday morning, the Israeli army said it had damaged the Natanz uranium enrichment site\u2019s underground structures, including a multistorey enrichment hall with centrifuges, electrical rooms and additional supporting infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>It added that \u201cvital infrastructure at the site that allows for its continuous functioning and the continued advancement of the Iranian regime\u2019s project to obtain nuclear weapons was attacked\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said radioactive contamination caused by the strike on the Natanz facility had been contained within the site and there had been no casualties.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Iranian media, Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian military, were among those killed in the Israeli attack.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">State-run news outlet Nour News said Khamenei adviser Ali Shamkhani was \u201ccritically injured\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Tasnim, the commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, Major-General Gholamali Rashid, was killed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Al Jazeera\u2019s Tohid Asadi, who is reporting from the Iranian capital, Tehran, said that aside from military officials, two top nuclear scientists, Fereydoon Abbasi and Mohammad Tehranchi, were also killed in targeted assassinations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Abbasi was the former chief of Iran\u2019s Atomic Energy Organization, while Tehranchi was the head of the Islamic Azad University.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">As to the reaction in Iran, aside<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">people in Iran woking up to terrifying scenes of destruction in their neighbourhoods;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Abolfazl Shekarchi, the spokesperson for Iran\u2019s armed forces, was quoted by Iranian media as saying that Israel will pay a \u201cheavy price\u201d for its attacks.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement, Khamenei said Israel \u201copened its dirty and bloody hand to a crime\u201d against Iran, revealing its evil nature more than ever by striking residential centres.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe regime must expect severe punishment.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Strikes have been confirmed in the following locations:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The capital, Tehran, and military sites in the surrounding area.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The city of Natanz, where explosions were reported at the main uranium enrichment facility.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The city of Tabriz, where explosions have been reported near a nuclear research centre and two military bases.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The city of Isfahan, south of Tehran.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The city of Arak, southwest of Tehran.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The city of Kermanshah, west of Tehran, where an underground facility storing ballistic missiles was hit near the Iraqi border.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dozens of launchers, surface-to-surface missile storage sites and other military sites were destroyed in the operation, Israel\u2019s military said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">What has been the reaction in Israel?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Israeli military chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, said Israel had reached a \u201cpoint of no return\u201d with the attack on Friday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Describing the early morning strikes on Iran as a \u201cfight to preserve our existence\u201d, Zamir said Israel launched the attacks as it could not \u201cwait for another moment to act\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also said: \u201cAnyone who tries to challenge us will pay a heavy price.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_22904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22904\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22904\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20250325_2316292_copy_582x450-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20250325_2316292_copy_582x450-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20250325_2316292_copy_582x450-543x420.jpg 543w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_20250325_2316292_copy_582x450.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>SAY GOODBYE TO ULCER.<\/strong><br \/><strong>CONTACT US ON WHATSAPP: 08133460673<\/strong><br \/><strong>KEDI PRODUCT, is 100%<\/strong><br \/><strong>NATURAL HERBS.<\/strong><br \/><strong>NO SIDE EFFECTS.<\/strong><br \/><strong>YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU<\/strong> DID.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement in the early hours of June 13 that Israel carried out strikes on Iran and the military operation against the Islamic republic would &#8220;continue for as many days as it takes&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">How has the US responded?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Iran and the United States are currently involved in talks on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, aiming to reach an agreement that would limit the programme in return for sanctions relief for Iran.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In an interview with Fox News, US President Donald Trump said Washington was not involved in the Israeli strikes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIran cannot have a nuclear bomb, and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table. We will see,\u201d Trump said, adding that the US will help defend Israel if Iran retaliates.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">What is the danger of hitting nuclear facilities?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Attacking nuclear facilities can cause several consequences of unpredictable scope, including radioactive leaks, explosions and long-term contamination.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), says the UN body is closely monitoring the situation in Iran.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said that the IAEA can confirm that the Natanz site was among the targets hit by Israel.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe Agency is in contact with Iranian authorities regarding radiation levels. We are also in contact with our inspectors in the country.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: Al Jazeera ( the Explainer)<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle East: Israel attacks Iranian nuclear facilities &#8230; Iran promises to deliver a &#8216;harsh response&#8217; By Admin Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has promised that Iran will deliver a &#8216;harsh response&#8217; Ali Khamenei has warned that Israel faces a \u2018bitter and painful\u2019 fate following the attack. 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