At least six Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in Israeli attacks. BBC Bangla reported this information on Friday (June 13).
The most prominent name among the deceased is Fereydoon Abbasi, who was the former head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI).
Also killed were Mohammad Mahdi Tehranchi, who was involved with Iran's nuclear weapons program and served as the President of Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
The list also includes Abdulhamid Minouchehr, Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari, and Amirhossein Fekhi. Each of them was a faculty member at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.
The full name of the sixth person has not yet been released; only their title, "Motallebizadeh," has been mentioned.
Earlier, Israel suddenly launched an attack on Iran on Thursday night (June 12). In this operation, named "Operation Rising Lion," Zionist forces have already carried out five attacks on various military installations, nuclear research centers, and residential areas across Iran, including the capital Tehran.
The attacks killed Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces; Hossein Salami, Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); and Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters and a senior officer of the Revolutionary Guards.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a statement that the main objective of this attack is to neutralize Iran's nuclear program, ballistic missiles, and military capabilities. He stated that the operation will continue as long as necessary, until the mission is completed.
Meanwhile, Iran has announced retaliation following Israel's military operation. The country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated, "The Zionist regime has extended its bloody and tainted hand into the heart of our beloved country, attacking residential areas and revealing its barbaric nature more clearly than before. They must suffer severe punishment for this."
He added, "Through this attack, the Zionists have brought upon themselves a bitter and painful consequence, and they must endure it."
