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14-06-2025
TEHRAN: 4 key generals & 6 scientists assassinated by Israel in its strikes on Friday targeting Iran’s nuclear program and military.
Military generals; Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the armed forces and the second-highest commander after Ayatollah Khamenei.
Gen. Hossein Salami, commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), Iran’s primary military force.
Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC’s Air Force.
Gen. Gholamali Rashid, deputy commander in chief of the armed forces.
Nuclear scientists; Fereydoun Abbasi, the former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and holder of a PhD in nuclear physics who played a key role in Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
Mohammad Mehdi Tehranji, president of Islamic Azad University who previously served as president of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University and was a professor in its physics faculty.
Abdolhamid Minouchehr, holder of a PhD in nuclear engineering who served as dean of the nuclear engineering faculty at Shahid Beheshti University and conducted extensive research on improving the efficiency and safety of nuclear plants
Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari, professor of nuclear engineering at Shahid Beheshti University Amir Hossein Faghihi, belonged to the engineering faculty at Shahid Beheshti University and previously served as vice president of the AEOI and head of the Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute.
Motallebzadeh, a nuclear scientist who was targeted and killed along with his wife
Hamas’s military wing expresses solidarity with Iran
Abu Obeida, the nom de guerre of the Qassam Brigades’ masked spokesperson, has issued a statement on Telegram in the wake of Israel’s strikes on Iran.
“We declare our solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran in the face of the brutal Zionist aggression, which stems primarily from its support for the Palestinian people and its great support for their honorable resistance fighters”, Abu Obeida said.
“The Zionist enemy is deluded if it believes that these treacherous strikes can undermine the resistance fronts or consolidate the foundations of this fragile entity in the region”, he continued. “On the contrary, it continues to commit successive strategic errors that will bring it closer to its inevitable demise, God willing.”
Hamas is one of the groups in the region that is a part of Iran’s so-called axis of resistance.
France condemns Iran nuclear program
The French president says that France had repeatedly condemned the Iran nuclear program and reaffirmed its belief in Israel’s right to protect itself, after Israel launched attacks on Iran and Tehran promised to retaliate.
Writing in a post on social media platform social media, Macron said he had spoken with several world leaders, including Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, and US President Donald Trump.
He did not say if he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli strikes on Iran a ‘clear provocation’: Turkey
The Turkish president has condemned Israeli strikes on Iran, calling it a “clear provocation” and warning that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was attempting to drag the region into disaster.
“The attacks of Netanyahu and his massacre network, which are setting our entire region and the world on fire, must be prevented,” Erdogan said in a post on social media, adding that Ankara was closely monitoring developments in the region. (Int’l News Desk)
