Israel-Iran war: IDF confirms targeting Iran's nuclear weapons project sites in ‘extensive series of strikes’

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday (Jun 15) confirmed that it “completed an extensive series of strikes on targets in Tehran related to the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons project.”

The IDF said that the targets included the Iranian Ministry of Defense headquarters and the SPND nuclear project headquarters.

“The targets included the Iranian Ministry of Defense headquarters, the headquarters of the SPND nuclear project, and additional targets, which advanced the Iranian regime’s efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon and where the Iranian regime hid its nuclear archive," it said in a statement on X.

Iranian media earlier reported Israeli strike targeted Iran's defence ministry headquarters in Tehran early Sunday (Jun 15). The attack resulted in damage to one of its buildings.

In “an attack on Tehran this evening by the air force of the Zionist regime, the headquarters of the defence ministry was targeted. One of the headquarters' buildings was lightly damaged,” Iranian news agency Tasnim said.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said early Sunday that the country’s missiles and drones struck fighter jet fuel production facilities and sites used by Israeli warplanes for refuelling, as the two rival nations launched attacks on each other for a second day.

“Installations producing fuel for fighter planes and the (Israeli) regime’s energy supply centres were targeted by a multitude of drones and missiles,” the Guards said in a statement.

“The Iranian armed forces’ offensive operations will continue more fiercely and more broadly if the depravity and attacks (against Iran) continue.”

Hours earlier, Iran launched a fresh wave of missile attacks against Israel as Tel Aviv said it was striking Tehran while intercepting missiles from Iran. The Iranian strikes also targeted the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, following which fire was seen erupting from an oil refinery in the area.

The Israel Defense Forces said that it was carrying out air strikes in Tehran while intercepting missiles launched from Iran.

The Iranian oil ministry said that Israeli strikes hit two fuel depots in Tehran. According to the oil ministry, the oil depots at Shahran, northwest of Tehran and another reservoir south of the city were hit.

The Times of Israel reported that one person was killed in the strike, while 13 were hurt after an Iranian missile hit a home in Tamra.