Tehran says Israeli strike targeted senior leadership during June conflict; president reportedly sustained minor injury while evacuating
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was slightly injured during an alleged Israeli airstrike last month, according to a report from Fars News Agency, a media outlet affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The strike reportedly occurred on June 16 at a secure government compound in western Tehran, where Pezeshkian was meeting with other top officials. According to the Fars report, six missiles or bombs targeted the facility’s entry and exit points, in an effort to prevent evacuation and disrupt ventilation systems.
Following the attack, power was cut to the building’s upper floors, and the officials escaped using an emergency hatch. President Pezeshkian and several aides reportedly sustained minor leg injuries while fleeing.
The Iranian government has not officially commented beyond the Fars report, which likened the alleged strike to the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah leader Seyed Hassan Nasrallah in September of last year.
Fourth Day of the Iran-Israel War
The strike reportedly occurred during the fourth day of the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June. Israel has said it conducted a series of targeted airstrikes during the conflict, aiming to cripple Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and eliminate top military personnel and scientists believed to be working on nuclear weapons development.
U.S. Launched Stealth Strikes
Days after the reported Tehran strike, the United States carried out stealth attacks on three of Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, part of a broader effort to pressure Iran into halting its nuclear ambitions.
The brief but intense conflict ended with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on June 28, after nearly two weeks of escalating attacks between the two regional powers.
Iranian Threats and Escalating Tensions
Iran has since escalated rhetoric against both Israel and the United States, vowing it has the capacity to strike targets abroad for “two years.” American officials, including former CIA director Mike Pompeo, have downplayed the regime’s capabilities, arguing that under President Trump’s leadership, Iran has been put “on its backfoot.”
The White House and Israeli Defense Forces have not commented on the latest claims from Tehran.
