Iran in a big statement said it will exact a ‘heavy price’ for a new wave of Israeli strikes targeting power and nuclear sites.
State media reported strikes on Iran’s decommissioned heavy-water nuclear research reactor and a factory producing yellowcake uranium late on Friday.
The strikes didn’t cause any casualties or risk of contamination, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said.
But Tehran quickly threatened to retaliate.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on X: ‘Israel has hit 2 of Iran’s largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites among other infrastructure.‘
Israel claims it acted in coordination with the US.
‘Attack contradicts POTUS extended deadline for diplomacy. Iran will exact HEAVY price for Israeli crimes.’
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Iran would retaliate for the attacks.
Seyed Majid Moosavi, IRGC’s Aerospace Force commander, posted on X that employees of companies tied to the US and Israel should abandon their workplaces.
‘You tested us once before; the world has once again seen that you yourselves started playing with fire and attacking infrastructure,’ he said.
‘This time, the equation will no longer be “an eye for an eye”, just wait.’
Now, the Houthis in Yemen have joined the conflict in the Middle East after launching a missile at Israel.
Some 12 US soldiers have been injured after the Iranian missile hit an air base in Saudi Arabia yesterday.
