IDF strikes infrastructure in Iran; reports: senior nuclear program official killed

According to Iran International, Ali Fouladvand, head of research at Iran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), was killed along with members of his family in an airstrike in Borujerd

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The Air Force carried out a new wave of strikes across Iran on Saturday, targeting multiple locations as part of ongoing operations against the country’s military infrastructure.
Strikes were reported in several areas, including the Parchin area near Tehran, as well as in Tabriz and Isfahan.
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Strikes in Tehran
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The IDF said it completed a third wave of strikes targeting dozens of Iranian regime sites across Tehran, describing it as a broad attack on infrastructure.
Iran’s ISNA news agency reported an airstrike on a water reservoir in the city of Haftkel, in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran.
According to Iran International, Ali Fouladvand, head of research at Iran’s Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), was killed along with members of his family in an airstrike in Borujerd.
SPND is considered a successor to Iran’s pre-2004 nuclear weapons program and is involved in sensitive military-related research.
Separately, Iranian state media described Fouladvand as “an ordinary citizen” in reporting his death, despite his role in the organization.
Fouladvand had previously survived an earlier attack during a 12-day conflict last year, in which his wife, Masoumeh Pirhadi, was killed. He was sanctioned by the U.S. State Department in October 2025.
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