Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khameneihe said that Israel would be punished “hard” for the attack it launched against its country’s nuclear program, which killed many Iranian army commanders.

‘The Zionist regime (ed. Israel) spread his vicious and bloody hand to a crime against him Iran This morning and revealed his nasty nature. With this attack, the Zionist regime has prepared a bitter fate for himself, which he will surely receive, ”he said.

And the spokesman for Iran’s Armed Forces warned that Tehran would retaliate after Israel’s attacks, saying that the US and Israel would “pay dearly”, despite Washington’s claims that it had not been involved.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will surely retaliate and the enemy will pay a heavy price,” the Iranian official told IRNA. Israel and the US “will pay dearly and receive a harsh blow,” he said.

He said that residential areas have been hit by the attacks and that the Armed Forces were on the ground on full readiness.

On Wednesday, before the attacks, the US withdrew many staff members and their families from locations throughout the Middle East. Officials did not say exactly what caused the move, but an official said the US Central Administration was monitoring “the development of tension in the Middle East”.

President Donald Trump and White House officials were expecting Israeli attacks in Iran on Thursday night, two sources knowing the issue told CNN. Following the attacks, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said there was no US involvement or assistance in attack.

Dead the leader of the guards of the revolution

A report on Iranian state television reported information that General Hossein Salami, head of the Iranian revolutionary guards, was probably killed in an Israeli raid.

The report added that another leading guard official, Fereidun Abasi, a former head of the Atomic Energy Organization, is also dead.

Iranian state television also released the names of two senior nuclear scientists killed in Israeli raids.

Who is Hossein Salami

Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolution guards, is perhaps the senior Iranian leader who was killed in Israeli raids.

Salami first joined the Revolutionary Guards in 1980 during the Iran-Iraq war.

As he went up to the military classes, he became known for his strong rhetoric against the US and their allies.

Since the 2000s, he has been sanctioned by the UN Security Council and the US for his involvement in Iran’s nuclear and military programs.

He was head of the Revolution Guards in 2024, when Iran carried out his first direct military attack on Israel, developing more than 300 unmanned aircraft and missiles.

Dead and the leader of the Iranian Armed Forces

Dead from the Israeli attack is and the Lieutenant General Mohammad Baggerithe leader of the staff of Armed Forcesas Iran’s state television broadcast.

Bagkeri, the Senior Iranian military officer, is the second senior executive who is known to have been killed by Israel’s unprecedented attack on Iran in the early hours of Friday.