Israeli drone strike on Isar Tabatabai-Qamsheh and his wife at their residence in Tehran’s Gisha neighborhood resulted in their deaths, according to Iranian state media reports. The attack marks an escalated conflict between Israel and Iran while also drawing increased focus on its nuclear program. TimesofIsrael.com + 2 Wikipedia.org.
Mehr News Agency confirmed the deaths late Friday night. Tabatabai-Qamsheh was an esteemed figure in Iran’s nuclear research community who participated in numerous key projects related to nuclear development; his wife Mansoura Haji Salem was also killed during this strike, though Israeli military has made no official comment regarding the attack. [Kurdistan24.net, TimesofIsrael and Wikipedia have provided details]. aa.com.tr is providing further updates.
Israeli strikes since June 13 are part of an extensive Israeli campaign aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear capabilities, and have resulted in at least 17 Iranian nuclear scientists’ deaths, such as Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, Dean of Islamic Azad University in Tehran (http://theaustralian.com.au/20556516756529748718 +5
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Iran has strongly denounced these attacks as violations of international law and sovereignty, responding with missile attacks against Tel Aviv and Haifa resulting in civilian casualties and infrastructure damage. Iran maintains its nuclear program is undeterred by these attempts at attacks against it and will continue developing it regardless of any attacks made against its scientific progress.
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The international community has expressed deep concerns over Israel and Gaza’s escalated conflict, calling on both parties to exercise restraint while emphasizing diplomatic solutions as the best means of avoiding more loss of life and regional instability. At the same time, the US has reiterated their support for Israel while cautioning against an outbreak of wider war.
As tensions between Israel and Iran intensify, the targeted killing of nuclear scientists like Tabatabai-Qamsheh underlines the high stakes involved. Diplomatic efforts remain unlikely to achieve peace; further escalated conflict could ensue should efforts fail in finding solutions.