Israel Claims to Have Conducted Strikes Against Iranian Missile Sites – DW – 21/06/2025

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has stated that Israel’s strikes on Iran have postponed the Islamic Republic’s nuclear bomb development by a few years. Saudi, speaking to Bild newspaper, stated, “Based on our assessments, we have delayed their capacity to acquire a nuclear bomb by at least two or three years.”

“The eradication of individuals steering and advancing the weaponization of the nuclear program is extremely significant,” he noted, adding, “We have already achieved considerable progress. Nevertheless, we will continue doing everything possible to neutralize this threat.”

A week prior, hostilities flared up between Israel and Iran, marked by Israeli airstrikes on nuclear and military sites, top generals, and nuclear scientists.

The Iranian state news agency Tasnim identified the “martyrd” scientists as “Abdolhamid Minouchehr, Ahmadreza Zolfaghari, Amirhossein Feqhi, Motalleblizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, and Fereydoun Abbasi.”

Israel remains certain that Iran is attempting to build a nuclear weapon, a charge Iran’s leadership has consistently denied.

Iran claims its nuclear program is for civilian purposes, yet experts and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear facilities inspector, have cast doubt and criticism on those claims.