Israel attacked one of Iran's main nuclear facilities

At the most important facility of Iran's nuclear program in Natanz, two explosions occurred at 04.15, IRIB reports. According to him, after that, several more sounds similar to explosions were heard, it is claimed that these are the sounds of activation of air defense systems.

Currently, military and law enforcement agencies, as well as aid agencies, are stationed in this area, the TV channel reports. At about 05:30 Moscow time, he reported a new explosion at a nuclear facility in Natanz. Mehr also writes about the new explosion. Iranian media also reported explosions in Tehran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that one of the targets of the operation against Iran was the Natanz nuclear facility. Iranian nuclear physicists were also targeted, he said. Netanyahu explains the beginning of the operation by the presence of enriched uranium in Iran, sufficient to produce 9 bombs.

According to Tasnim and IRNA, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fereydoun Abbasi, and the president of the Islamic University, Azad Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, were killed. In addition, as a result of the Israeli attack, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major General Hossein Salami, and several IRGC officers were killed.