Iran Reports Airstrike On Its Nuclear Facility Vicinities From Israel

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19.​ The area where one of Iran's largest nuclear facilities, the heavy water production plant in Arak, is located has been hit by an Israeli airstrike, Iranian media says, Trend reports.

No danger of radioactive contamination has been revealed.

Israel launched airstrikes on Iran in the early hours of June 13, killing a significant number of military personnel. Among the dead were Iran's Chief of the General Staff Mohammad Bagheri, IRGC Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Commander Gholamali Rashid, and IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh. Nine nuclear scientists and several high-ranking officials were also reported killed.

That same evening, Iran responded with a large-scale attack, firing more than 150 ballistic missiles and over 100 drones at Tel Aviv and other locations. The strikes caused civilian casualties and extensive damage.

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