Israel held back further strikes on Iran after Trump call, Netanyahu's office says

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not want to see "regime change" in Iran, warning that such an outcome would lead to chaos.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to a NATO summit, Trump said Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon.

He also said Russian President Vladimir Putin had called him and offered to help de-escalate tensions with Tehran.

Iranian media reported on Tuesday that Mohammad-Reza Sedighi Saber, a senior figure involved in Iran’s nuclear program, was killed in an Israeli strike on his family home in the northern city of Astaneh Ashrafieh.

Footage shared by Iranian outlets showed rescue workers clearing rubble at the site of the destroyed residence.

The reports said the strike occurred early Tuesday morning. Days earlier, Israel had allegedly targeted his personal residence in Tehran.

The Israeli Air Force struck an Iranian radar site north of Tehran in a limited response to ballistic missiles launched by Iran earlier Tuesday, Israeli officials told Times of Israel.

The strike followed a call between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump had earlier warned, “Do not drop those bombs. If you do it is a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now.” In a later post, Trump said Israel would not attack Iran but would perform a “friendly plane wave.”

An Israeli missile strike on Tehran killed Mohammad Taghi Yousefvand, the commander of intelligence protection for Iran’s Basij paramilitary forces, the IRGC’s Lorestan public relations office said on Tuesday.

The strike took place midday Monday and hit several locations in the capital, the statement said.

Iranian media reported on Tuesday evening that explosions and air defense activity were heard in the northern cities of Babol and Babolsar, near the Caspian Sea.

There are reports Iran's judiciary news outlet Mizan, and Shargh newspaper of explosions being heard in Tehran.