Iran has vowed that the retaliation to the attacks of the United States (US) and Israel will be “crushing”.
Naija News reports that on Saturday, explosions were heard in the Iranian cities of Kermanshah, Lorestan, Tabriz, Isfahan and Karaj.
The attack follows a 12-day air war between Israel and Iran in June and repeated U.S.-Israeli warnings that they would strike again if Iran pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
Confirming the attack, the Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said, “The State of Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel.”
However, the Iranian official has told the Reuters news agency that Tehran is preparing for counterattacks that are set to be crushing.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was reportedly not in Tehran when missiles from the US and Israel hit Iran.
He has reportedly been transferred to a secure location.
Responding to the attack, Head of the National Security Commission of the Iranian parliament, Ebrahim Azizi, in a post via 𝕏 said Israel and America had gone down a path which is no longer in their control.
He wrote, “We warned you! Now you have started down a path which end is no longer in your control.”
