US EditionExplosions as Israel launches strike on Iran
IRAN, JUN 13 – Operation Rising Lion targeted dozens of Iran's nuclear and military sites, killing senior officials and scientists, aiming to halt Iran's nuclear weapons development, Israeli officials said.
- Israel launched large-scale strikes overnight on June 13, 2025, targeting multiple Iranian nuclear, military, and ballistic missile sites across several provinces.
- The operation followed Iran's rejection on June 9 of a U.S. offer linking sanctions relief to cessation of enrichment and dismantlement verified by the IAEA.
- The strikes resulted in confirmed harm to the nuclear facilities at Natanz and Fordow and reportedly led to the deaths of several high-ranking IRGC officials, causing Iran to shut its airspace and heighten its defensive measures.
- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called the attack a “targeted military operation” to stop an imminent nuclear threat, while Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei warned Israel to expect “severe punishment.”
- The strikes intensified regional tensions, triggered U.S. military reinforcements, and suggest Tehran may retaliate across multiple fronts, escalating an open conflict cycle with no stabilizing mechanisms.
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Israel has established air superiority over a large area of Iran in the deepest attack on Iranian territory, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing The Times of Israel. IDF spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said more than 70 Israeli Air Force fighter jets took part in the night operation in Tehran to achieve freedom of action in the airspace over the Iranian capital. He said about 40 targets were attacked, including air defense systems and related …
Israel attacks Iran with large-scale airstrikes, the regime in Tehran reacts with rockets. How the international press assesses the escalation – the overview.
Iran continues to attack its archenemy from the air. There are reports of several injured. Explosions are also reported from Iran's capital Tehran.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, believed on Thursday that he was going on vacation with his family in the north of the country as a prologue to his son’s wedding. In fact, it was a cover, a diversionary maneuver to, in the midst of rumors about a possible attack, make the Iranian regime believe that they were not going to launch an imminent offensive. But, early in the morning on Friday, the Jewish state uncovered the box of thunder…
Israel and Iran opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict when Israel launched a major air offensive early Friday morning that triggered explosions in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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