BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. President of Iran
Masoud Pezeshkian will soon deliver a public address in response to
the recent Israeli airstrike on Iran, a post on the president’s
official X page said, Trend reports.
The post notes that the president is currently leading efforts
to manage the aftermath of the attack, and a special session of the
Cabinet of Ministers has been convened to assess the situation.
In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched air strikes on
Iranian territory. The strikes resulted in the deaths of numerous
high-ranking military officials, including Chief of the General
Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri,
Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Hossein Salami, Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters
Gholamali Rashid, six nuclear scientists, and several senior
officials.
Iran has formally requested an emergency meeting of the United
Nations (UN) Security Council regarding the incident. At the same
time, Iranian authorities have announced that a retaliatory strike
against Israel will be carried out.
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