section_path: Strikes by Israel/21 June
section_name: 21 June
paragraph_text: 21 June
  
  Israel struck three buildings in Isfahan, with Iranian media reporting that a nuclear facility was targeted. Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF killed Quds Force commander Saeed Izadi, who was the head of the "Palestine Branch" and played a role in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel, after striking an apartment in Qom, and IRGC commander Behnam Shahriyari after striking his vehicle. Iran confirmed the killing of a tenth nuclear scientist, Isar Tabatabai-Qamsheh.
  
  The United Nations nuclear agency stated that a centrifuge workshop in Iran's nuclear research complex in Isfahan, third such facility was destroyed by the Israeli strikes, without danger of any hazardous material leakage. Originally, the workshop had manufactured a machine that was used to enrich uranium, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
  
  An Israeli aircraft struck a residential building in Qom, killing a teenager, while explosions were reported over Najafabad, Malard, Isfahan and Tehran. Iranian media reported that a nuclear scientist, Isar Tabatabai-Qamsheh, was killed in the strike in Tehran. Israeli airstrikes targeted a nuclear site in Isfahan, according to the deputy provincial governor who spoke to the Fars new agency. Fars reported that the air defense system in Isfahan had been activated. The IDF said that they hit a military installation in Shiraz, no casualties were reported.
  
  Khamenei, reportedly sheltering with his family in a bunker during the ongoing war, made an "unusual decision" to choose a successor. Notably, his son, Mojtaba, a cleric with close ties to the IRGC and long rumored to be a leading contender, is not among the list of candidates.
  
  Following an Israeli airstrike, the headquarters of the Iranian Cyber Police (FATA) in Tehran sustained significant damage. FATA, according to Iran International, has been central to the Iranian government's efforts to suppress by surveilling social media and prosecuting citizens over digital content. The force has pursued thousands of cases against individuals, journalists, and businesses over alleged "unethical" or "anti-state" content.
  
  The IDF announced that it attacked dozens of military targets in the Ahvaz area, using 30 fighter jets that dropped around 50 munitions. Among the targets were a ballistic missile storage facility and a radar site. A strike in Tehran killed a former bodyguard of assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah alongside a member of Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada. Later, the IDF said that around 60 fighter jets conducted strikes in central Iran in the evening, destroying three F-14 fighter jets.