Tehran outlet claims the IDF struck Masoud Pezeshkian’s underground bunker throughout final month’s conflict
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was barely injured throughout Israeli airstrikes on a bunker final month, in accordance with Iranian state-affiliated outlet Fars.
The June 16 strike reportedly concerned six bombs focusing on entry factors to a secret underground facility in western Tehran, the place Pezeshkian and different prime officers have been attending a gathering of Iran’s Supreme Nationwide Safety Council.
Fars stated on Saturday the blasts minimize energy to the power, forcing the president to flee via an emergency shaft, throughout which he sustained leg accidents.
The outlet claimed the operation was modeled after the September 2024 strikes in Beirut that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
In the course of the 12-day conflict that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire on June 24, Israeli forces killed a number of senior Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists.
In an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson launched final week, Pezeshkian stated Israel had tried to assassinate him. Israel has not commented on the declare.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated he ordered the assault to stop Iran from growing nuclear weapons. The US backed the strikes and joined Israeli raids on Iranian nuclear amenities on June 22. Tehran, which denies pursuing a navy nuclear program, condemned the assaults as unprovoked.
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