Israel hits Iran government targets, prison as Tehran launches new attacks – National

Israel struck Targets from the Iranian government on Monday in Tehran in a series of strikes that followed a salvo of missiles and drones pulled by Iran has Israel In the wake of Massive strikes of the Trump administration On Iranian nuclear sites the day before.

The Israeli army also confirmed that it had struck the roads around Iran Fordo Enrichment Facility to hinder access to the site. The clandestine site was one of those who were struck in the United States on Sunday attack on three nuclear installations. The Israeli army has not developed.

In Tehran’s attacks, the Israeli Defense Ministry said it had achieved objectives that included the notorious of Evin prison in the Iranian capital and the seat of security for the paramilitary revolutionary guards.

“The Iranian dictator will be punished with full strength for attacking the Israeli inner front,” said the ministry.

In Vienna, the leader of the United Nations nuclear custody said that he expected that there were heavy damage to the installation of Fordo already after the American air strike on Sunday with bunker bunker bunker sophisticated.

“Since the explosive payload used … very significant damage … should have taken place,” said Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

On Sunday, with the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, the United States inserted itself into the War of Israel, which raised fears of a broader regional conflict. Iran said that the United States had crossed “a very large red line” with its risky gambit to hit the three sites with missiles and bunker bunker bombs of 30,000 pounds.

Several Iranian officials, including the atomic organization of the energy of Iran spokesperson, Behrouz Kamalvandi, said that Iran had removed nuclear materials from targeted sites in advance.

Grosi told the Council of Governors of the IAEA on Monday that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had informed him on June 13 that Iran “would adopt special measures to protect equipment and nuclear materials”.

“I indicated that any transfer of nuclear materials from a backup installation to another place in Iran must be declared,” said Grosi, without saying if Iran had answered.

Iran described its attack on Monday against Israel as a new wave of its operation “True Promise 3”, saying that it was aimed at Israeli cities in Haifa and Tel Aviv, according to Iranian state television.

Explosions were also heard in Jerusalem. There was no immediate damage.

In Iran, witnesses reported that Israeli air strikes have struck areas around the Iranian capital, Tehran, around noon. Iranian state television has confirmed that an Israeli strike hit the door of Evin prison.

The report shared what seemed to be black and white surveillance images of the strike. The prison is known to have double nationals and Westerners often used by Iran as negotiation schools in negotiations with the West.

Evin also has specialized units for political prisoners and those who have Western ties, led by the revolutionary paramilitary guard, which only responds to the supreme chief of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The establishment is the target of American sanctions and the European Union.

Earlier Monday, Iranian general Abdolrahim Mousavi, the chief of the joint staff of the armed forces, warned Washington that his strikes had given Iranian forces a “free hand” to “act against American interests and his army”.

Tens of thousands of American troops are based in the Middle East, many of which in places within the reach of Iranian missiles at short range.

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The United States has described its Sunday attack on Fordo and Natanz enrichment facilities, as well as Isfahan nuclear sitting, as a single-off to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, but President Donald Trump warned against additional strikes if Téhéran Riposte.

Mousavi described American attacks as violating Iran’s sovereignty and being appealing to the country, the State managed by the State reported.

Following American attacks, calls came from around the world for de -escalation and the return to diplomacy to try to resolve the conflict.

On Monday, the first diplomat of the European Union said that the block had remained “very focused on the diplomatic solution”.

“The concerns of growing reprisals and war are enormous,” said Kaja Kallas at the start of a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels where Iran jumped at the top of the agenda.

“Especially the closure of the Hormuz Strait by Iran is something that would be extremely dangerous and not good for anyone,” said Kallas, referring to a crucial maritime route for oil transport.

After Sunday’s attacks, Iranian officials have repeated their long -standing threats to possibly close the key shipping route.

Iran, which insists that its nuclear program is only for civil ends, previously agreed to limit its enrichment in uranium and allow international inspectors to access its nuclear sites under a 2015 agreement with the United States, France, China, Russia, Great Britain and Germany in exchange for sanctions.

But after Trump withdrew the United States unilaterally from the agreement during its first mandate, Iran began to enrich uranium up to 60% – a short technical step in the level of weapons of 90% – and limiting access to its nuclear installations.

While arriving in Brussels on Monday for a meeting with his EU counterparts, German Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul has renewed Iran’s calls to accept again to lead talks with the United States, but that Europe still has a role to play.

“We have already clearly specified to the Iranian party that a real prerequisite for a settlement of the conflict is that Iran is ready to negotiate directly with the United States,” he said, while adding that the European group known as E3 “will contribute what we can”.

The Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, met Moscow on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the main Iranian allies.

–Lidman reported to Tel Aviv, Israel. The writers of the Associated Press Geir Moulson in Berlin, Ella Joyner in Brussels and Stephanie Liechtenstein in Vienna contributed to this report.