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Report: Tehran drone strike targeted hiding spot of Iranian scientist who specialized in weaponry

20 June 2025, 2:49 pm 1 Edit

Following reports earlier today of an Israeli drone strike on an apartment building in Tehran, The Wall Street Journal reports that the target was an Iranian scientist who specialized in weaponry.

Citing an unnamed Israeli official, the Journal says that the scientist was being kept in a location outside of his home, apparently in an attempt to prevent Israel from targeting him.

Israel is said to have killed at least a dozen of Iran’s leading nuclear scientists since it launched its attack on the country’s nuclear program last Friday.

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