Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming throughout Tehran.
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Israel has carried out “dozens” of air strikes in Iran, an Israeli navy official has confirmed in a briefing attended by NPR. The official mentioned the Israeli air power was focusing on the nation’s nuclear websites, accusing Tehran of working a secret program to construct a nuclear bomb.
There have been a number of experiences from Tehran that loud explosions had been heard within the northeast of the Iranian capital. Iranian state TV reported that Israel struck the Revolutionary Guards’ headquarters in Tehran, killing the Commander Hossein Salami. The Revolutionary Guards are a strong department of Iran’s armed forces, wielding vital political and navy affect.
Iran’s state media have additionally reported that each one flights at Tehran’s fundamental airport, Imam Khomeini Worldwide have been suspended.
Talking on state TV, Iranian armed forces spokesperson Brigadier Common Abolfazl Shekarchi mentioned that Israel and the U.S. would pay a “heavy value” for the strikes.
Sirens additionally sounded throughout Israel within the hours earlier than daybreak: an Israel navy official advised NPR the alarms had been pre-emptive. Israel’s Protection Minister Israel Katz issued a press release declaring a “particular state of emergency” throughout the nation, and to count on missile and drone retaliation.
A view of a broken constructing on Farahzadi Boulevard within the Iranian capital, Tehran, following the Israeli assault, on June 13, 2025.
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In a video assertion posted on social media Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned the assault, known as Operation “Rising Lion, “struck on the coronary heart of Iran nuclear enrichment program” and can “proceed for as many days because it takes”.
“It is clear Iran is simply shopping for for time; it refuses to comply with this fundamental requirement of peaceable nations. That’s the reason we now have no alternative however to behave and act now,” Netanyahu mentioned.
The information of the airstrikes despatched world markets wobbling — oil costs jumped practically 12 p.c, whereas U.S. inventory futures dipped.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned in a assertion that U.S. forces weren’t concerned within the assault. “Israel suggested us that they imagine this motion was crucial for its self-defense. President Trump and the Administration have taken all crucial steps to guard our forces and stay in shut contact with our regional companions. Let me be clear: Iran mustn’t goal U.S. pursuits or personnel,” the assertion mentioned
The information got here simply hours after President Trump warned that an assault on Iran may occur. “Look, it is quite simple, not sophisticated. Iran can not have a nuclear weapon. Aside from that, I would like them to achieve success. I would like them to be large. We’ll assist them achieve success,” mentioned Trump, who had warned that it U.S talks with Iran didn’t curb its nuclear program, a navy possibility was on the desk. His Mideast envoy Steven Witkoff had been attributable to meet Iranian negotiators in Oman on Sunday
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