Israel launched a stunning series of strikes against Iran on Friday morning, targeting nuclear sites, missile facilities, and other military infrastructure. The strikes were also a major blow to Iran’s chain of command, killing the nation’s top generals.
Where Israel attacked Iran
Tehran
Residents of the Iranian capital reported hearing huge explosions and seeing Israeli fighter jets. Iranian state television broadcast images of smoke and fire billowing from buildings.
Israel attacked military bases around Tehran, including Parchin, and residential homes at two highly secure complexes for military commanders. Multiple residential buildings were also attacked, in what appears to be targeted assassinations, according to four senior Iranian officials.
Natanz nuclear-enrichment complex
Social media footage verified by The Times, as well as an Iranian news report, show flames and thick black smoke billowing from the Natanz nuclear-enrichment complex.
Natanz is Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility. It is where Iran has produced the vast majority of its nuclear fuel — and, in the past three years, much of the near-bomb-grade fuel that has put the country on the threshold of building nuclear weapons.
Fears grew that the long-simmering tensions between the heavily armed rivals could explode into a full-blown regional war.
