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Israeli drone strike said to target Iranian nuclear scientist in a Tehran safehouse
[IsraelTimes] Israel on Friday launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran and appeared to continue its campaign against Iran’s nuclear program, with reports emerging from Tehran that an IDF drone targeted and killed an Iranian nuclear scientist who had been holed up in a safe house.The strike came as Defense Minister Israel Katz said that he instructed the IDF to "intensify strikes on regime targets in Tehran" to "destabilize" the Iranian regime. An Iranian news website said a drone had struck an apartment in a residential building in central Tehran on Friday, but did not give details. According to The Wall Street Journal, the scientist who was attacked specialized in weaponry and was being kept in a hiding spot outside of his home. An official speaking to the Journal refused to provide the scientist’s name. The Israel Defense Forces have not yet commented on the reported strike, but the military has already confirmed the liquidation of 10 Iranian nuclear scientists who were killed during the opening attack of Israel’s campaign against Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate in "Operation Narnia." The air campaign also saw some 25 Israeli fighter jets destroy on Friday morning some 35 missile launchers and storage sites in Iran’s Tabriz and Kermanshah, the military said. The IDF issued evacuation orders to local residents the previous night. The IDF also said on Friday that air force strikes in Tehran earlier in the week struck Iran’s "Internal Security headquarters" and the headquarters of Iran’s "special internal security unit," which are part of Iran’s armed forces. Israeli  ...KABOOM!... s also reached into the city of Rasht on the Caspian Sea early Friday, Iranian media reported. The Israeli military had warned the public to flee the area around Rasht’s Industrial City, southwest of the city’s downtown. But with Iran’s internet shut off to the outside world, it’s unclear just how many people could see the message. Moreover, the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday in a post on X that it has information that key buildings at Iran’s Arak heavy water research site in Khondab were damaged in Israeli strikes, including the distillation unit. The information is an update on an assessment from Thursday, in which the IAEA said the reactor had been hit, but there were no radiological effects. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the losses, and has not discussed the damage done so far to its military in the weeklong war. Posted by: trailing wife 2025-06-21 |
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