{"id":22379,"date":"2025-06-13T07:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=22379"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:03:50","slug":"iran-vows-severe-punishment-for-israeli-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=22379","title":{"rendered":"

Iran vows \u2018severe punishment\u2019 for Israeli attack<\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran will retaliate for Israeli strikes on its territory, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Friday, confirming that senior commanders were killed in the attack.<\/p>\n

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it struck dozens of targets across Iran, including military installations and a nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the goal of the operation was to prevent Iran from acquiring the capability to develop nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Friday morning, Khamenei warned that Israel\u00a0\u201cshould expect severe punishment.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0He accused the IDF of striking residential areas, while acknowledging that\u00a0\u201cseveral commanders and scientists\u201d\u00a0<\/em>were killed.<\/p>\n

The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces described the attack as\u00a0\u201cblatant aggression\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and vowed a\u00a0\u201ccrushing\u201d<\/em>\u00a0response.<\/p>\n

According to Iranian media, the victims include Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran\u2019s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Deputy Chief of Army Staff Gholam Ali Rashid, and nuclear scientists Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi and Fereydoon Abbasi.<\/p>\n

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