Iran nuclear researcher eliminated in Israeli strike, state television states

Iran nuclear scientist killed in Israeli strike, state TV says
BBC Photo received by BBC Persian said to show damaged buildings in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, Gilan province, Iran, following an air strike that killed a nuclear scientist (24 June 2025) BBC

BBC Persian got a picture claimed to reveal broken structures in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh

An elderly nuclear researcher was amongst 9 individuals eliminated in an over night Israeli strike in north Iran, Iranian authorities and state television have actually claimed, hours prior to a ceasefire finishing 11 days of problem worked.

State television mentioned resources that claimed the researcher, Mohammad Reza Seddiqi Saber, was eliminated at his moms and dads’ home in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, in Gilan district.

Gilan’s replacement guv claimed 4 apartment or condos were damaged by a surge in a property structure.

The Israeli federal government on the other hand claimed its armed force had actually “gotten rid of an extra elderly nuclear researcher” in current days, without determining them.

That insurance claim was available in a declaration that claimed Head of state Benjamin Netanyahu’s safety closet had actually consented to United States Head of state Donald Trump’s proposition for a ceasefire with Iran.

Iranian Head of state Masoud Pezeshkian claimed his nation would certainly appreciate the ceasefire if Israel did.

Trump revealed the ceasefire on Monday evening and claimed at 05:00 GMT on Tuesday that it had actually worked, advising both sides not to break it.

He later on criticised both nations after Israel’s armed force claimed it had actually obliterated numerous inbound Iranian projectiles and would certainly execute a brand-new round of air raid on Tehran in reaction.

Lots of Iranians that entered call with BBC Persian claimed they questioned the ceasefire would certainly last.

” [Iran and Israel] have, in a manner, been pushed into it now,” one guy claimed. “If they had the capability to proceed, certainly, this would not have actually occurred anytime quickly.”

One more guy claimed: “I think the entire battle was coordinated. Israel and the United States was available in and damaged armed forces and nuclear websites, Iran released a couple of projectiles … and both sides are completely satisfied. However regular individuals endured one of the most.”

A lady on the other hand claimed she was afraid that a “injured, embarrassed” Islamic Republic would certainly currently “transform its rage internal – in the direction of the Iranian individuals”.

On 13 June, Israel released an air project versus Iran, claiming it intended to eliminate what it called the “existential hazards” of the nation’s nuclear and ballistic projectile programs.

Iran’s health and wellness ministry has actually claimed that Israeli strikes have actually eliminated 610 individuals until now, although one civils rights team has actually placed the casualty at 974.

Iran has actually released projectiles at Israel in reaction, eliminating 28 individuals, Israeli authorities have actually claimed.

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Homeowners of Tehran and various other Iranian cities informed BBC Persian that on Monday evening they saw among the “heaviest” rounds of strikes given that the problem began.

Israel’s head of state claimed its pressures strike “program targets” and eliminated “hundreds” of participants of Iranian safety pressures and the paramilitary Basij Resistance Pressure.

Iranian Health And Wellness Preacher Mohammad Reza Zafarqandi claimed on Tuesday mid-day that Israeli assaults had actually eliminated 107 individuals and damaged 1,300 over the previous 1 day.

Gilan’s replacement guv basic, Ali Bagheri, claimed 9 individuals were eliminated and 33 wounded in what he referred to as a “terrorist assault” on a property structure in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, according to Iranian media.

Sixteen ladies and kids were amongst the casualties, he included, without determining any person.

Iranian federal government limitations indicate BBC reporters have actually not had the ability to report from inside Iran, so it is challenging to confirm the records.

Nonetheless, night-time video clips published on social media sites revealed a group of individuals strolling over a rubble-strewn road in the direction of a huge fire. And in a daytime image gotten by BBC Persian numerous broken structures and roads covered in particles showed up.

Vahid Online/Telegram Photo showing Iranian nuclear scientist Mohammad Reza Seddiqi Saber Vahid Online/Telegram

Iranian nuclear researcher Mohammad Reza Seddiqi Saber

State television later on validated that Mohammad Reza Seddiqi Saber, 50, was amongst those eliminated.

It claimed he had actually been remaining at his moms and dads’ home after his 17-year-old child was supposedly eliminated in an Israeli air raid on their home in Tehran numerous days back.

Last month, the United States enforced permissions on Seddiqi Saber, claiming he benefited Iran’s Organisation of Defensive Advancement and Research Study (SPND) and headed a team that worked with explosives-related tasks.

The United States affirmed that he was “connected to tasks consisting of study and screening relevant to the advancement of nuclear eruptive tools”.

At the very least 9 various other elderly Iranian nuclear researchers have actually been executed by Israel given that the beginning of the air project, according to the Israeli armed force.

The armed forces asserted on 14 June that the males had “played a main component of the development in the direction of nuclear tools” in Iran, without giving proof.

Iran urges that its nuclear program is totally serene which it has actually never ever looked for to establish a nuclear tool.

WANA via Reuters A security guard stands on a street in Tehran, Iran, during early hours of ceasefire between Iran and Israel WANA through Reuters

Safety on the roads of Tehran throughout the very early hours of the ceasefire

In one more advancement, Iran’s judiciary validated that an Israeli air raid on Tehran’s Evin jail on Monday had actually created casualties.

Spokesperson Asghar Jahangir did not state the amount of were eliminated or wounded when component of the management structure was damaged. However he did state management and judicial personnel, seeing private citizens, member of the family of prisoners and prisoners themselves were amongst them.

Nobel Tranquility Champion civils rights protector Narges Mohammadi – that was briefly launched from Evin on health and wellness premises in 2015 – claimed on Monday evening that the jail infirmary was likewise “damaged”, which damaged detainees had no area to be dealt with.

Evin’s hundreds of detainees consist of famous political objectors, civils rights protectors, reporters, and double and international nationals.

Iran’s jail authority claimed it was executing transfers “to guard the legal rights of the detainees and to offer area for emergency situation reaction groups”.

Israel claimed it flopped Evin as component of a wave of strikes versus “program targets and firms of federal government suppression” in Tehran.

However the UN civil rights workplace claimed Evin was not an armed forces goal which targeting it comprised “a major violation of global altruistic legislation”.

On the other hand in Israel, 4 individuals were eliminated when an Iranian projectile struck an apartment in the southerly city of Beersheba on Tuesday, prior to the ceasefire worked.

Israeli Head of state Isaac Herzog claimed the assault was “shocking and incredibly agonizing”.