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Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News
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Iran's state broadcaster IRIB is downplaying the reports of an attack. Former US assistant secretary of state Mark Kimmitt has been speaking to BBC News about the significance of Isfahan and why Israel might have chosen it as the site of a strike.
It has posted a video on Telegram showing one of its reporters standing on the top of a building in the centre of the city of Isfahan. “Isfahan really is to a great extent the centre of the Iranian
"The city is safe and sound, people are living their normal lives," he says. nuclear programme in terms of training, research and, what some would say, the
"A couple of hours ago sounds were heard in the skies. From what we know, multiple mini drones were flying in the skies of Isfahan when they were targeted. development of the Iranian nuclear capability.
"So far, provincial authorities have not given us any information. Some outlets had said that Isfahan's nuclear facilities were targeted, but based on our research this information is false, no place has been targeted." “So it’s a likely site that Israel would hit because the
greatest fear the Israelis have is not continued missiles today but a nuclear
capability tomorrow.”
US officials have told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that an Israeli missile has struck Iran, but the scale of any strike, the exact target, and whether its target was hit remains unclear.
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