section_path: Strikes by Israel/20 June
section_name: 20 June
paragraph_text: 20 June
  
  The IDF reported that it targeted numerous military sites in Iran overnight, including missile production facilities and a nuclear research center in Tehran. Among the key targets hit was the headquarters of the SPND program, an agency focused on defense research and development, which was reported to being involved in Iran's nuclear weapons development. The IDF said that it has destroyed 35 Iranian missile launchers in the morning.
  
  An Iranian news outlet reported that an Israeli drone hit a residential building in Tehran's Gisha district. Reportedly, the attack targeted a military base belonging to the Basij. According to local report, the apartment was residential. According to local Iranian media, an unnamed nuclear scientist was assassinated by Israel in Tehran. In a short statement, the IDF said that they are targeting military infrastructure in western and central Iran.
  
  Al Jazeera reported that hundreds of thousands of people attended protests against Israeli strikes that were held at the cities of Tehran, Tabriz, Shiraz, Isfahan, Mashhad, Qom, Qazvin and Yazd as well as in Gilan province. Footage showed them waving Iranian and Hezbollah flags and photographs of assassinated Iranian commanders and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Among the participants are Chief Justice of Iran Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, former IRGC commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, as well as several ministers and the deputy speaker of parliament.