IAEA board to hold special meeting on Israel's strikes in Iran - Reuters

An Israeli official told Iran International that Israel carried out a complex and multi-phase operation that successfully thwarted the launch of hundreds of Iranian ground-to-ground missiles aimed at Israeli territory.

An Israeli official told Iran International that Israel carried out a complex and multi-phase operation that successfully thwarted the launch of hundreds of Iranian ground-to-ground missiles aimed at Israeli territory.

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Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesperson for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, told Tasnim News that no incident took place at the Fordow nuclear site following Israeli strikes. He said he was personally at the facility and confirmed with colleagues that operations were intact.

He added that Iran had repeatedly written to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi warning of potential threats, but received no adequate response. Kamalvandi criticized Grossi for, in his words, justifying rather than condemning threats.

Kamalvandi also confirmed that IAEA chief Mohammad Eslami had visited Natanz, where "minor surface-level damage" occurred.

“Both Natanz and Fordow are underground facilities,” he noted. “Fortunately, we had no casualties, and while we do not yet have a full damage assessment, most of the impact appears to be superficial.”

He said no radiation or chemical contamination was detected outside the sites, though internal cleanup would be required.

Iran’s ambassador to Germany will attend a meeting at the foreign ministry in Berlin later on Friday, a German foreign ministry spokesperson told Reuters.

The spokesperson added that Germany remains in contact with Iran’s leadership and representatives in Tehran.

US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Iran must reach a deal “before there is nothing left,” following Israeli strikes that he said killed key Iranian hardliners.
“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal,” Trump wrote, adding that those in Tehran “didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!”
He warned that future attacks would be “even more brutal,” and said Iran must act to avoid further “death and destruction.” Trump also emphasized US and Israeli military power and called on Iranian leaders to “just do it, before it is too late.”

The official described the mission as “a strategic and heavy blow to the Islamic Republic and the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) Aerospace Force.”

According to the source, numerous Iranian missile transport vehicles were also knocked out.

Mossad disabled one of the Islamic Republic’s “most critical and sensitive systems" through a long-term intelligence campaign the official likened to Israel's remote detonation of pagers and walkie talkies belonging to Hezbollah leaders.

The latest operation involved the use of international front companies, the covert acquisition and smuggling of key components into Iran, and remote activation capabilities from nearly 2,000 kilometers away.

In a separate operation, Mossad is said to have targeted ground-to-ground missile launchers at the Espad Aabad base near Tehran using explosive-laden drones.

The Israeli official described the strike as “reminiscent of Ukraine’s drone operations against Russian airbases,” claiming that drones were pre-positioned near the installation and activated by operatives inside Iran.

A third, equally complex attack involved the use of precision-guided missiles launched deep within Iranian territory, targeting surface-to-air missile systems at multiple sites around Tehran.

The official said the mission was preceded by “months of detailed intelligence gathering,” the clandestine smuggling of missile systems into Iran, and the creation of an internal launch capability.

“This series of operations not only severely disrupted the Islamic Republic’s missile infrastructure,” the Israeli official concluded, “but also underscored Mossad’s deep penetration into the Iranian regime’s security and military architecture.”