Middle East conflict

"Several targeted assassinations of high-ranking Iranian officials and scholars have been carried out in residential areas of Tehran, resulting in the deaths of civilians as well," Reza Najafi said

"The Iranian people and the country's government will not keep silent in the face of this crime," Masoud Pezeshkian said

According to Mehr, another 12 people received injuries

The brutal terrorist aggression and crimes committed by the Zionist regime today resulted in the martyrdom of the valiant and illustrious commander of the Aerospace Force, IRGC Major General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, along with a group of brave and loyal servicemen," the statement says

Moscow also expects that the West, which provoked anti-Iran hysteria in the International Atomic Energy Agency, will now realize the results of its harmful policy

"The AEOI regards the [IAEA's] silence as a complicity in the Zionist regime's actions and believes that by doing so, the agency has become a toy in the hands of the Zionist regime, losing its credibility as a respected international body," Tasnim quoted the AEOI as saying

Rafael Grossi also called on both sides to display maximum restraint to avoid further escalation

Dmitry Gendelman, an adviser in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, stressed that Israel "first and foremost relies on its own military forces and capabilities, both in defense and offense"

"There is no doubt that the guilty will be severely punished," Eskandar Momeni said

"Committing a reckless, illegal and deliberate act of aggression, the Zionist regime has carried out a series of coordinated military attacks on the nuclear facilities and civilian infrastructure of Iran," the document, quoted by Tasnim, states