Overview

• Dozens of Israeli jets struck Tehran under Operation Rising Lion, killing IRGC commander Hossein Salami and veteran nuclear scientists Mohammad-Mehdi Tehranchi and Fereydoon Abbasi.
• Strikes hit key nuclear sites and military command centers, with multiple assaults reported at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to sustain the offensive until Iran’s nuclear capabilities pose no further threat.
• In response, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization plans a secure new enrichment site and will upgrade Fordow centrifuges to advanced IR-6 models.
• The campaign has jeopardized a planned sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks and raised fears of a significant Iranian retaliation.