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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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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. Frank Gardner
“Isfahan really is to a great extent the centre of the Iranian Security correspondent
nuclear programme in terms of training, research and, what some would say, the Israel made it clear it would respond, in some way, to Iran’s "swarm" attack of drones and missiles last weekend and now it seems it has.
development of the Iranian nuclear capability. If this is indeed the beginning and end of Israel’s response then it does appear to be very limited in size and scope.
“So it’s a likely site that Israel would hit because the Isfahan this morning looks normal.
greatest fear the Israelis have is not continued missiles today but a nuclear All week Israel’s Western allies, notably the US and Britain, have been imploring its government not to carry out a heavy response to the Iranian missile attack.
capability tomorrow.” Although that was a dramatic escalation, it was in itself a retaliation for Israel’s unprecedented air strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus on 1 April that killed 13 people including two top generals.
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. How this develops now from here will depend on two things: Whether that is the end of Israel’s attack and whether Iran now decides to attack back.
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