Israel's Netanyahu says strikes on Iran 'very successful'

Israel's Netanyahu says strikes on Iran 'very successful'

This image grab taken from UGC footage broadcast by Iran TV on June 13, 2025 shows what the television described as smoke billowing from explosions after Israel announced it had carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites in the Islamic republic. (Photo by UGC / AFP)

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that a wave of Israeli strikes on Iran had been "very successful," warning they were only the opening salvos in a broader campaign against the Islamic republic.

"We carried out a very successful opening strike, and with God's help, we will achieve much more," Netanyahu said in a video statement.

"We have hit the senior command, we have hit senior scientists who are promoting the development of atomic bombs, we have hit nuclear facilities," he said.

Iran state television said the Israeli strikes killed the Islamic republic's highest-ranking military officer, armed forces chief Mohammad Bagheri.

The strikes also killed Hossein Salami, the leader of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported.

Earlier on Friday Netanyahu had stated that the campaign against Iran would continue for "many days".

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