KEY UPDATES ON IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT
KEY UPDATES ON IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT
As the Iran and Israel trade strikes for the eighth day, here’s what has happened as of June 20:
🟠 An attempt to assassinate Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was foiled, according to his adviser Mohammad Hossein Ranjbaran.
🟠 Israel struck building of SPND (Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research) in Tehran, part of Iran’s nuclear weapons project.
🟠 Iran has transferred all its enriched nuclear materials to secure locations in advance, according to Mohsen Rezai, a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
🟠 Israel geographically expanded its air raids, striking Iranian facilities in the north for the first time. An industrial complex in the Sefidrud region along the Caspian Sea coast was hit, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported.
🟠 Heavy strikes and explosions were reported in Rasht and the Lavasan area north of Tehran.
What did Iran strike?
🟠 Iran fired dozens of missiles at sites across Israel, including in the Tel Aviv area and in Beersheba in the south.
🟠 An Iranian missile struck Beersheba directly without any interception attempt, damaging apartment blocks and triggering fires close to a tech park that houses a Microsoft office.
🟠 Iran fired a series of missiles toward the Negev Desert, reportedly targeting the Nevatim Air Base. Air raid alerts were activated across southern Israel following the launches, the IDF confirmed.
🟠 The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot sustained damages following a direct hit by an Iranian ballistic missile. The strike destroyed two buildings, with around 45 laboratories affected, according to The Times of Israel.
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