TEHRAN: The Israeli military says it launched a wave of strikes against Iranian military and nuclear sites in a major escalation against Tehran. Local media reported that Hossein Salami, the senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, was killed in the Israeli strikes.
Iranian state TV also reported that two senior nuclear scientists were killed in the Israeli strikes that have plunged the wider Middle East region into dangerous new territory.
The report further says that Fereydoon Abbasi, the former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)-responsible for Iran’s nuclear facilities- was killed in the strike. He had survived an attempted life on a Tehran street in 2010.
The other is Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, the president of the Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
Iran’s Top Nuclear scientist Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi has also been confirmed dead in a result of Israeli airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/I0R6vSBJb5
— Pakistan Strategic Forum (@ForumStrategic) June 13, 2025
Israel’s strike on Iran’s nuclear programme, has resulted in the deaths of several high-ranking Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists, according to Iranian state media.
Who has been killed in Israel’s strikes on Iran?
Confirmed Killed:
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- Hossein Salami – Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Gholamali Rashid – Commander of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters
- Fereydoon Abbasi – Nuclear scientist and former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization
- Mohammad Mahdi Tehranchi – Nuclear scientist linked to Iran’s nuclear weapons programme
- Mohammad Bagheri – Chief of Staff of Iran’s armed forces
Iran – Israel Conflict: Comprehensive Report 🇮🇷 ⚔️
– Israel has struck multiple targets inside Iran with 100x fighter jets mainly F-35I Adir & F-15I Ra’am , following targets have been struck.
• Top Iranian Military Leadership.
• Iran’s Nuclear Sites.
• Iran’s Ballistic… pic.twitter.com/mgRv0HNn2A— Pakistan Strategic Forum (@ForumStrategic) June 13, 2025
House of Ali Shamkhani, head of #Iran’s nuclear program and senior advisor to Supreme Leader Khamenei in the aftermath of Israeli attacks. #Israel pic.twitter.com/Jm4RpiclFB
— Eagle Eye (@zarrar_11PK) June 13, 2025
Israel and US will pay ‘heavy price’: Iran
A spokesperson for Iran’s armed forces has strongly reacted to the Israeli attack and said that the US and Israel will pay a “heavy price” for the strikes.
“The armed forces will certainly respond to this Zionist attack,” said Iranian spokesperson Abolfazl Shekarchi.
Iran’s supreme leader says Israel will receive ‘bitter fate’
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says the attacks reveal Israel’s “vile nature”, Reuters reports, and that with this attack Israel, “has prepared a bitter fate for itself, which it will surely receive.”
