Iran’s Tasnim news agency reports that nuclear scientists Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi and Fereydoun Abbasi were killed in the Israeli strikes.
Tehranchi was a nuclear scientist and the head of the Islamic Azad University, while Abbasi was the former chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
Earlier, Israeli military says it launched a wave of strikes against Iranian military and nuclear sites in a major escalation against Tehran.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the military operation will continue as long as necessary.
Source: Al Jazeera
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