{"id":202106,"date":"2025-06-21T08:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202106\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T08:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:48:13","slug":"israel-iran-live-idf-bombs-nuclear-site-as-top-iranian-military-commanders-assassinated-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202106\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Iran LIVE: IDF bombs nuclear site as top Iranian military commanders assassinated | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a>\u2019s military confirmed last night\u2019s strike on the Isfahan nuclear complex\u2014the ninth straight night of targeted attacks on <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a>\u2019s nuclear and missile infrastructure\u2014as Tehran flatly rejected any prospect of nuclear diplomacy amid the <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/iran-israel-conflict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bombardment<\/a>. And the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has also claimed to have assassinated two senior Iranian military commanders.<\/p>\n<p>The wave of assaults follows a massive aerial campaign launched on June 13 involving over 200 Israeli jets hitting Natanz, Fordow, Arak and Isfahan, in what Israeli officials describe as a mission to delay Iran\u2019s nuclear programme by up to three years. The raid on Isfahan again reportedly focused on reconversion and uranium\u2011production facilities, though international monitors say the radiological risk remains low for now. The IDF also said it had killed Saeed Izadi, commander of the Quds Force&#8217;s Palestine Corps, and Behanam Shahriari, commander of unit 190 of the Quds Force.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Iran unleashed a missile barrage at Israeli cities\u2014sirens wailed across Tel Aviv, Holon and southern communities\u2014but avert rated no deaths, raising fears of broader escalation. As global leaders from the UN, EU, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/russia\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> and China urge de\u2011escalation, US President Trump has confirmed he\u2019ll decide within two weeks whether America will enter the fray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s military confirmed last night\u2019s strike on the Isfahan nuclear complex\u2014the ninth straight night of targeted attacks on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[774,75101,81560,837,74675,12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-202106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-iran-israel-conflict","10":"tag-isfahan-nuclear-site","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-military-strikes","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114720493219958235","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}