The explosions were shaken by the Iranian metropolis of Tehran on Friday night, and Israel announced immediately after this that Iran had a “preventive” attack on Iran. Israeli Defense Minister Jisrael Katz subsequently declared a state of emergency in his country, TASR reports according to AP and DPA.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had launched a “targeted military operation to alleviate the Iranian threat to the survival of Israel”. In a speech broadcast on the YouTube channel, he said the attacks will continue “as long as it will be necessary to eliminate this threat”. According to him, the Israeli army attacked several key goals of the Iranian nuclear program.
“We attacked the heart of the Iranian Uranus enrichment program. We focused on the main Iranian uranium enrichment facility … We also attacked the heart of the Iranian ballistic missile program,” he said, adding that Israel also attacked Iranian nuclear scientists “working on the Iranian bombing”.
General Hosejn Salami died in the attack, confirmed the media there.
Israel has closed the airspace
After a “preventive blow” against Iran, “in the immediate future” is expected to attack missiles and drones to Israel, Katz said on Friday night according to the Times of Israel.
According to Ynet, the Israeli Ministry of Transport also announced the closure of the Israeli airspace for incoming and outgoing flights valid until further notice.
In the images of Iranian state media, the smoke of smoke rising in the inhabited areas of Tehran was seen. The operation of Imam Chomeini Airport in the Iranian metropolis was suspended until further notice.
Air defense activated
State television said the country’s air defense was activated for its full capacity on Friday morning local time. At the same time, she stated that the exact cause of numerous explosions remains unclear.
In the past period in the Middle East, concerns about a possible Israeli attack on Iran have increased and the dispute over the Iranian nuclear program has increasingly intensified, DPA said. At the end of May, the US media reported that Israel had already prepared a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.
In recent months, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned Iran that without agreement in the dispute over his nuclear program, there could be a military action. He added that he does not want it, but he is ready to do so.
