Israel attacks Iran, air strikes kill armed forces and revolutionary guard chiefs

Israel Started a series of air strikes against Iran Local time on Friday morning, targeted places were told that it was related to Iran. Nuclear Program.

The commander-in-chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, along with the country’s most senior military officer, Mohammadosin Bagheri, head of the Iranian armed forces, the country’s most senior military officer, was killed along with Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic revolutionary guard Corps.

According to Iranian news outlets, the Israeli aerial attack targeted and killed two Iran’s major nuclear scientists, Pharidown Abbasi-Rani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi.

Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, promised to avenge the attacks. He said in a statement, “With this crime, the Zionist regime has brought a bitter and painful fortune to itself, and it will definitely face it.”

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katj announced the situation of Emergency shortly after the strike began, and warned people that “a missile and drone attack against the Israel state and its civilian population is expected to be done immediately.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “This operation will continue for several days as to remove this danger,” told The Nation. He warned the Israeli residents that they may have to spend extended periods in bomb shelters ahead of Iran’s required vengeance, described as Reuters.

Israel said its airspace was closed and all coming and outgoing flights were suspended.

Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets reported several deadly people in the capital city, Tehran.

Beyond Tehran, Iranian news channel Irin reports that there were air strikes on the city of Natanz, home to an important nuclear facility. Also there were hit targets in Khandab city, where a heavy water atomic reactor is located, and a ballistic missile base site Khormabad.

oil prices Amidst the possibility of a broad regional war, there were more than 9% as 12:30 AM states. We store Futures fell for the same reason, along with Dow futures More than 500 points below.

The United States did not participate in military operations, but president Donald Trump Information was already given on this.

“We are not involved in attacks against Iran and our highest priority is protecting American forces in the region,” Marco Rubio Said in a statement. “Israel advised us that he believes that this action was necessary for his self -defense.”

American Embassy In Jerusalem, all employees and their families have been directed to “shelter” till the next notice.

Tusrap Approved the return of some American personnel Earlier this week, from the Middle East, the region can be “a dangerous place.”

He told reporters on Thursday that an Israeli strike “looks something that could be very well,” but Trump insisted that the United States would prefer to interact on an agreement on nuclear enrichment compared to looking at a military strike.

At a White House program, he said, “Iran may not have nuclear weapons. Also, I want them to succeed.”

He said, “I will like a compromise.” “As long as I think there is a compromise. I don’t want (Israel) going in, because I think it will blow it. It can really help, but can also blow it. But we have discussed very well with Iran.”

Meanwhile, Tehran has accused Washington that he is not serious in his engagement and is not respecting Iran’s rights to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.

– Vinay Dwivedi of CNBC and NBC News’ Katni Cube, Tom Winter and Kane Dilanian contributed to this report.