9 Iranian nuclear scholars were killed in strikes on Iran: NPR

The Israeli army says it has killed nine senior Iranian nuclear scientists on Friday as part of its strikes aimed at paralyzing nuclear capabilities in the country.

Israeli army He said Scientists have played major roles in the progress of the Iranian nuclear program, describing their death as a “major blow” of Iran’s ability to follow weapons of mass destruction.

After the attack, after the intelligence of the Mossad spy agency in Israel, which Israel says that Iran was close to developing a nuclear weapon – Israel considered a direct threat to its national security.

The strikes came a day after the United Nations International Nuclear Control Agency announced that Iran was not compatible with the nuclear non -proliferation agreements aimed at stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. Iran’s reaction was to create a new facility to enrich uranium. Iran says its uranium enrichment program is for peaceful purposes.

Iran responded to the Israeli strikes with a barrel of rockets, killing at least three people and wounding dozens. Iranian government media said that there will be “heavy and destructive attacks against Israel” on Saturday night

The escalation sparked fears of the broader regional conflict, which can roam in neighboring countries and threaten the stability of global energy markets.

The Israelis seek shelter while Iran is divided

The sirens were launched throughout Tel Aviv late on Friday, and smoked in the sky where people ran for shelter while Iran fired hundreds of missiles in Israel in retaliatory strikes, which lasted until Saturday morning.

Most of the Iranian missiles were intercepted by the powerful air defense system in Israel, but some neighborhoods that were struck around Tel Aviv.

The Mizrahi family was a shelter for bombs at her home when he hit a missile near Rishon Lezion, outside Tel Aviv.

Choshanah, 43 years old, said the explosion was terrifying. “The whole house was shaking, there was smoke, the window was broken in the shelter,” she said.

Their house was destroyed. The glass is refined from the windows throughout the ground and a hole in the ceiling.

Outside the home, dozens of people stood to monitor the damage. The windshield of the cars was destroyed, and the bulldozers removed the rubble.

An American official confirmed to NPR that US air defense systems have helped to shoot down Iranian missiles targeting Israel. The American official spoke on the condition that his identity was not disclosed because they were not allowed to speak publicly.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that more attacks on Iran were on the way.

Speaking to the United Nations Security Council on Friday, the United Nations Ambassador, Amir Said Erbani, accused Israel of trying to “kill diplomacy” and described the country as “the most dangerous and terrorist in the world.” The Security Council urged Israel accounting.

Erbani said 78 people were killed and more than 320 people – most of them civilians – were wounded. A government television in Iran reported that a residential building in Tehran was also injured, and the death toll was expected to rise.

The Israeli Emergency Services Organization, Magn David Adom, said that three people were killed and wounded. The Palestinian Red Crescent said that the children were among the Palestinians who had shrapnel near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Iran “crossed the red lines” by launching the missiles with civilian population concentrations, “and warned that it would pay” a very large price. ” Israel times I mentioned.

in Video statement On Friday evening, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the attack on Iran has been working for several months since September, after Israel was assassinated by Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese group, the party, God, in Beirut.

Netanyahu warned that once the “Iranian axis” in the region is broken, Iran will accelerate its nuclear program. Netanyahu added that the attack on Iran was supposed to happen in April but was postponed.

Iranian -American nuclear talks have been canceled

The United States and Iran were planning to start the sixth round of talks on the Iranian nuclear program on Sunday in Amman. The United States was trying to conclude a deal with Iran to reduce the enrichment of uranium in exchange for lifting the sanctions, which paralyzed Iran’s economy.

Saturday, Omani Foreign Minister He said on social media The meeting was canceled. But he said, “Diplomacy and dialogue are still the only way for permanent peace.”

President Trump said he was urging Iran to reach a nuclear agreement.

“Two months ago, Iran gave a 60 -day warning” to conclude a deal. “They should have done so!” He wrote about social truth. “Now they have, maybe, a second chance!”

in A separate post earlier on FridayTrump warned Iran that “it will get worse” and urged Tehran to “hold a deal, before there is nothing.”

Trump said he was giving the nation “an opportunity after an opportunity to conclude a deal” in its nuclear program and said that the alternative “would be much worse than anything they know, expected or was said.”

Tom Buman from NPR and Michelle Kilimin contributed to the reports.