BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 14. The Israel Defense
Forces (IDF) have neutralized nine senior scientists and experts
involved in Iran’s nuclear program, IDF’s official Telegram channel
said, Trend
reports
“All of the neutralized scientists and experts were crucial
knowledge hubs within Iran’s nuclear project and possessed decades
of experience in the development of nuclear weapons,” the statement
reads.
The IDF noted that those targeted in the airstrikes included
nuclear energy specialists Fereydoun Abbasi and Ahmad Reza
Zolfaghari Daryani, physicists Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, Seyed Amir
Hossein Feqhi, and Mansour Asgari, as well as Akbar Motalebi Zadeh,
an expert in chemical engineering.
In addition, materials science expert Saeed Borji, reactor
physics specialist Abdolhamid Minouchehr, and mechanical
engineering expert Ali Bakaei Karimi were also killed in the
strikes.
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.
In response, on the evening of the same day, Iran launched what
it called Operation True Promise III, firing over 150 ballistic
missiles and more than 100 unmanned aerial vehicles toward Israel,
including Tel Aviv. The attack caused civilian casualties and
widespread destruction.
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