Nuclear scientists

Iranian executed for Mossad espionage was a nuclear scientist, state media claims

Iranian media claimed Mossad had promised the scientist a foreign passport should he complete a long-term collaboration, after meeting five times in Vienna.

|ByREUTERS
Iranians demonstrate in Stockholm, Sweden July 14, 2022
Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on a Tehran oil refinery, on June 15, 2025.

Israel killed 30 Iranian security chiefs and 11 nuclear scientists, Israeli official says

Israel's air force struck over 900 targets, and the military deeply damaged Iran's missile production during the war that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire.

|ByREUTERS
US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber performs a fly-over during the Speed of Sound Airshow in 2024

Bomb drops, power shifts, insiders weigh Middle East futures - analysis

Until yesterday the White House maintained a clear red line: no direct US involvement on Iranian soil. That line survived tanker wars, drone shoot-downs and proxy salvos.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Smoke rises following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran, June 18, 2025.

Nuclear scientist, air defense personnel, and IRGC members killed in Israeli strikes

The IRGC later said that five of its members were also killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday, but in Khorramabad in western Iran.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS

'Killed in their sleep': Inside Operation Narnia, Israel's strikes on Iran's nuclear scientists

In a striking twist, the operation targeting Iran’s nuclear scientists is known as "Narnia" in Israel, a name that reflects the operation’s improbable nature.

JUNE 20, 2025ByANNA BARSKY, AVRAHAM BLOCH, AVI ASHKENAZI
Israel’s Mossad operation to eliminate Iranian’s top nuclear scientists is named “Operation Narnia.”