Satellite photos show aftermath of Israeli attack on Iran after IDF targeted 'secret base linked to Tehran's nuclear weapons programme'

An Israeli onslaught connected Iran damaged accommodation astatine a secretive subject guidelines that experts person successful nan past linked to Tehran's nuclear weapons programme and astatine different tract tied to its ballistic rocket systems, outer photos show.

Images analysed by nan Associated Press show immoderate of nan buildings damaged are wrong nan Parchin subject base, wherever nan International Atomic Energy Agency suspects Iran successful nan past conducted tests of precocious explosives that could trigger a atomic weapon.

Iran has agelong insisted its atomic programme is peaceful, though nan IAEA, Western intelligence agencies and others opportunity Tehran had an progressive weapons programme up until 2003.

The different harm could beryllium seen astatine nan adjacent Khojir subject base, which analysts judge hides an underground passageway strategy and rocket accumulation sites.

Iran's subject has not acknowledged harm astatine either Khojir aliases Parchin from Israel's onslaught early connected Saturday, though it has said nan battle killed 4 Iranian soldiers moving successful nan country's aerial defence systems.

In a connection posted to X, President Masoud Pezeshkian gave his condolences to nan families of nan 4 group killed successful nan attacks and said Iran would proceed to take sides itself.

'Enemies of Iran should cognize these brave group are opinionated fearlessly successful defence of their onshore and will respond to immoderate stupidity pinch tact and intelligence,' he wrote.

The Israeli subject said its craft targeted accommodation Iran utilized to make nan missiles fired astatine Israel, arsenic good arsenic surface-to-air rocket sites.

Iran's ngo to the United Nations did not instantly respond to a petition for comment, nor did nan Israeli military.

Iran's ultimate leader has said Israel's onslaught 'should not beryllium exaggerated nor downplayed', while stopping short of calling for retaliation.

The remarks from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei connected Sunday are nan latest suggesting Iran is cautiously weighing its consequence to nan attack.

'It is up to nan authorities to find really to convey nan powerfulness and will of nan Iranian group to nan Israeli authorities and to return actions that service nan interests of this federation and country,' said Khamenei, who has nan last opportunity complete each awesome decisions successful Iran.

Cascading conflicts successful nan Middle East person raised fears of an all-out location warfare pitting Israel and nan United States against Iran and its militant proxies, which besides see nan Houthi rebels successful Yemen and equipped groups successful Syria and Iraq.

Earlier, Iran's president warned against further attacks connected his state aft Israel targeted subject sites successful pre-dawn aerial strikes connected Saturday.

In a connection connected societal media tract X, Masoud Pezeshkian gave his condolences to nan families of nan 4 group killed successful nan attacks and said Iran will proceed to take sides itself.

'Enemies of Iran should cognize these brave group are opinionated fearlessly successful defence of their onshore and will respond to immoderate stupidity pinch tact and intelligence,' he wrote.

The Israeli subject said its craft targeted accommodation Iran utilized to make nan missiles fired astatine Israel, arsenic good arsenic surface-to-air rocket sites.

There was nary denotation lipid aliases atomic sites were struck and Iran insisted nan strikes caused only 'limited damage'.

US President Joe Biden told reporters Israel had informed him earlier nan strikes and said it looked for illustration 'they didn't deed thing but subject targets'.

His management won assurances from Israel successful mid-October that it would not deed atomic accommodation and lipid installations. The caput of nan International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran's atomic accommodation were not impacted.

'I dream this is nan end,' Mr Biden said.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Yoav Gallant, nan Israeli defence minister, that 'Iran should not make nan correction of responding to Israel's strikes, which should people nan extremity of this exchange', according to Major General Pat Ryder, nan Pentagon property secretary.