Israel has killed three more Iranian nuclear scientists, raising the total number of scientists slain to nine, according to Gulf News.
Eliminating Nuclear Scientists
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote on its X account, “ELIMINATED: 9 senior scientists and experts responsible for advancing the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons program.”
In a video accompanied by the message, the IDF shared the names of dead scientists, as follows:
- Mansour Asgari
- Saeed Barji
- Mohammad Mahdi Tehranshi
- Fereydoun Abbasi
- Akbar Motalebi Zadeh
- Ali Bakhouei Katirimi
- Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryani
- Abd al-Hamid Minoushehr
- Amir Hassan Fakhahi
“All of the eliminated scientists and experts, eliminated based on intelligence, were key factors in the development of Iranian nuclear weapons,” the IDF said.
Importantly, Israel stated that eliminating Iranian scientists and experts represents a major setback to Iranian regime that was trying to acquire nuclear weapons.
“Their elimination is a significant blow to the regime’s ability to acquire weapons of mass destruction,” the IDF added.
Operation Rising Lion
On June 13, Israel launched a wave of airstrikes on Iran under the name of Operation Rising Lion.
The military campaign targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities and killed top military commanders and nuclear scientists.
As a response, Iran launched a retaliatory wave of missiles against Israel and targeted Tel Aviv.
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