Official Announcement 9 Iranian Nuclear Scientists Killed in Israeli Strikes Names

Both Iran and Israel confirmed on Saturday the death of nine senior Iranian nuclear scientists and experts as a result of Israeli airstrikes targeting sites within the Islamic Republic, in the ongoing military escalation that began on Friday.
According to an official statement from the Israeli Defense Forces, the airstrikes targeted key scientific figures described as “active minds” behind Irans nuclear program. The statement noted that each of them had decades of experience in critical fields such as nuclear physics, atomic and chemical engineering, and materials science.
The Israeli statement said: “Nine senior scientists and experts involved in the development of Iran’s nuclear weapons program have been eliminated.” It added that the strikes were carried out based on precise intelligence tracking their movements.
Meanwhile, Iranian state television announced the deaths of three additional nuclear scientists in the Israeli attacks: Ali Baghaei Karimi, Mansour Asghari, and Saeed Borji.
Earlier, Iranian media had reported the deaths of six scientists in the strikes, bringing the total number of confirmed fatalities to nine since the bombardment began Friday evening.
According to both Iranian and Israeli sources, the following names were confirmed among the deceased:
Fereydoun Abbasi – Atomic Engineering Expert
Mohammad Mahdi Tehranchi – Physics Expert
Akbar Motlabzadeh – Chemical Engineering Expert
Saeed Borji – Materials Engineering Expert
Amir Hassan Fekri – Physics Expert
Abdulhamid Manouchehr – Nuclear Reactor Physics Expert
Mansour Askari – Physics Expert
Ahmad Reza Zolfaqari Daryani – Atomic Engineering Expert
Ali Baghaei Karimi – Mechanical Engineering Expert
What Happened in the Initial Attack?
At dawn on Friday, June 12, 2025, Israel launched a wide-scale military operation targeting strategic sites inside Iran, including nuclear facilities such as Natanz and Fordow, missile bases, and high-ranking military leaders, including nuclear scientists and senior IRGC commanders. According to Iranian reports, the assault killed approximately