Netanyahu says Israeli strikes have killed top Iranian nuclear scientist

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Netanyahu says Israeli strikes have killed top Iranian nuclear scientist

Updated: 5:37 PM EDT Mar 12, 2026

U.S. and Israeli strikes have exacted a heavy toll on Iran’s leadership, military and ballistic missile program but have failed to topple the government, which U.S. President Donald Trump has at times suggested is his goal.

On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli attacks have killed a top Iranian nuclear scientist and hit several others.

They have long suspected Iran seeks nuclear weapons, while the Islamic Republic says its nuclear program is peaceful.

At a news conference, Netanyahu denounced Iran’s new supreme leader as a “puppet of the Revolutionary Guards” who cannot appear in public. And he addressed the Iranian people, calling this a moment for a “new path of freedom."

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1. That is like saying Trump says?

It means nothing.

[JBTaurus83]

2. They are always obliterating

Or defeating something, only to use the same excuse a few months later. Israel is a fascist racist state and there is no need to take Bibi seriously.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Somehow, I doubt that claim.

Iran is a big country and a lot of Iranians aren't stupid.

By this time, I would imagine that political leaders and top Iranian nuclear scientists have been moved to undeclared and relatively safe locations that would escape bombing, etc.