The Israeli military has announced the targeted killing of nine senior scientists and experts involved in Iran’s nuclear weapons program during airstrikes launched under Operation Rising Lion. Military spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated these individuals were central to Iran’s decades-long nuclear development.
Confirmed names include:
• Fereydoon Abbasi – Nuclear engineering expert
• Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi – Physics expert
• Akbar Matlabezadeh – Chemical engineering expert
• Saeed Borji – Materials engineering expert
• Amir Hassan Fakhahi – Physics expert
• Abdul Hamid Manoushehr – Reactor physics expert
• Mansour Askari – Physics expert
• Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryani – Nuclear engineering expert
• Ali Pakvayi Katrami – Mechanical scientist
These figures were described as core knowledge holders within Iran’s nuclear weapons infrastructure, marking a significant blow to its strategic capabilities.
