<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">At 3:30 a.m. local time in Tehran on Friday, Israel launched its first airstrikes on Iran, targeting nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories, and military commanders. 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The Israeli military released a video documenting the beginning of the attack on Iran, saying that 200 fighter jets and more than 330 different weapons were involved.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian media announced the deaths of several leaders and scholars in the Israeli attack on Iran early Friday morning. Khamenei confirmed that their successors and colleagues would immediately resume their duties. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:1667/2500;" alt="Ali Khamenei" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/a2030f4c-ff35-4cd6-945c-ba9ba264e2f6.jpeg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Supreme Leader addressed the Iranian nation in a message, saying: "The regime must expect severe punishment, and the powerful hand of the Islamic Republic's armed forces will not abandon it, God willing."</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> For its part, the Iranian Ministry of Defense stated that it is prepared to implement severe and deterrent punishment in response to the Israeli attacks, which began early Friday morning, stressing that Tel Aviv will pay the price for this crime with its entire entity, according to the Iranian Mehr News Agency. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:600/338;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/48c38ba5-8d80-4055-b6cf-c0eb35055d7b.jpeg" alt="Iran"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In this context, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced that the attack on the Natanz nuclear facility in Isfahan, central Iran, caused damage to various parts of the facility, confirming that there was no leakage of radioactive or chemical contamination outside the facility. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:715/429;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/eb8b00c9-eb55-49fd-bc63-7308b943ac1c.jpeg" alt="Atomic Energy Organization of Iran"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She said there were no reports of casualties among personnel working at the Natanz facility, adding that the Israeli attack violates international law and resolutions of the IAEA Board of Governors and the Security Council. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:480/270;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/65bf9914-a8e8-4629-adae-bf50b9fc63b4.jpeg" alt="Iran and Israel"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She noted that Israel's attacks damaged various parts of the Ahmadi Roshan uranium enrichment complex, confirming that there was no leakage of radioactive or chemical contamination.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She added that Israel's attack represents a failure for the IAEA, due to the negligence of its Director General, Rafael Grossi, who did not condemn Israel's previous threats or its current attack.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She considered Grossi's silence as complicity and that the agency had become a tool in the hands of the Zionist entity.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Home Front Command Chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo said that air raid sirens are expected to sound across large areas of Israel as soon as Iran launches its expected counterattack. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:414/269;" alt="Iran" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/8b5c2fd8-566d-412a-aba0-d411727d70a4.png" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He stated that the acting mayor of Qasr Shirin stated on Friday evening that the Zionist entity's attacks on the city resulted in the martyrdom of one person and the injury of 24 civilians. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:693/443;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/bb2cd978-5739-443c-8a81-d90dba0587e0.jpeg" alt="occupation"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mohammad Shafiei told Tasnim News Agency's correspondent in Kermanshah: The attacks targeted civilian centers, including the Social Welfare Department building and the Arbaeen headquarters at Khosravi crossing, resulting in civilian martyrs and injuries.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Meanwhile, Shafiei added that the border crossings at Khosravi and Parvizkhan are operating normally, and traffic is continuing as usual. He continued, "Neighboring cities have been mobilized to provide assistance to Qasr-e Shirin, and the city is on alert." </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:300/168;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/40edd017-0c21-41fa-98f8-e6618dcdaf30.jpeg" alt="Iran"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He pointed out that the situation in the city has now returned to normal, as gas stations and bakeries have resumed operations and are providing services, calling on citizens to maintain their calm.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">New appointments in the Iranian army</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Iranian television reported that the Supreme Leader appointed Major General Mohammad Pakpour as commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), succeeding Hossein Salami, who was killed in an Israeli strike targeting the IRGC headquarters early this morning. </p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:75%;"><img style="aspect-ratio:635/527;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/f5264016-89de-47a5-acc9-3adf3e3dd9d0.jpeg" alt="Mohammad Pakpour" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Khamenei also appointed Major General Ali Shadmani as commander of the Khatam al-Anbia headquarters, according to Iranian television. Shadmani replaced the previous commander, Major General Gholam Ali Rashid, who was killed in an Israeli attack on the Khatam al-Anbia headquarters of the Armed Forces, also at dawn today.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Meanwhile, Iranian television also confirmed that Khamenei appointed Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi as Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, replacing Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, who was killed in today's Israeli attack on Tehran.</p>