Israel has intensified its barrage of attacks targeting
Iran’s nuclear programme and military leadership.
Explosions were first heard in Tehran, Iran’s capital, last
night after Israel launched strikes at the Natanz nuclear facility.
Iranian media reported 78 people killed and 329 injured.
Israeli defence officials said the missiles likely killed
members of Iran’s military leaders, including Hossein Salami,
commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, and several senior
nuclear scientists.
Iran has vowed a “lethal” response.
Natanz is the principal site for large-scale uranium
enrichment – the process which produces material for civilian or military
nuclear use.
Although Iran has denied having an interest in nuclear
weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently assessed that
the Middle Eastern nation could – theoretically – produce nine nuclear bombs if
the site was refined to military-grade level.
In April, US President Donald Trump warned that if Iran does
not accept a deal aimed at enforcing stringent limitations on its nuclear
capabilities, it would be in “great danger”.
In the previous month, Trump said there would be “bombing”
if Iran did not abide by US terms.
But the US has said it played no part in Israel’s latest
strike.
However, on Friday, Trump urged Iran to make a deal on its
nuclear programme, warning of “even more brutal” Israeli attacks.
In the latest series of attacks, a spokesperson for the
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said more strikes were launched against a nuclear
plant in Isfahan in addition to previous attacks on Natanz.
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