Live: Iran holds funeral for top military, nuclear figures killed in Israeli strikes

Tehran has denied reports that it launched drones towards Israel, a security source told Iran's Fars News Agency.

The source added that Iran's response "will take place in the near future".

Iran's Nournews reports that 78 people have been killed and 329 injured in Israeli attacks on residential areas in Tehran.

Israeli embassies are closing in several countries, including the US and the UK, following Israel's major attacks on Iran.

Embassies in the UK, US, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine and France announced their closure, citing "recent developments".

Israel's attack on Iran on early Friday morning, which saw dozens of sites bombed, has killed several top Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists.

Here is a list so far of those who are reported to have been killed: 

Major General Hossein Salami

Salami was the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite military force, who reported directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the highest ranking official killed in the attacks.

Salami, born in 1960, had been the head of the IRGC since 2019 when he was appointed to the post by Khamenei. His career began in 1980 when he joined the elite at the start of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.

He rose through the ranks to become head of the IRGC’s aerospace division and served as its deputy commander for nine years before taking the top job in the 2019 reshuffle.

Salami was known for his strong words. Earlier this year, during a tour of an underground missile base, he warned Iran’s enemies: “If you make the slightest mistake, we will open the gates of hell for you.”

Salami 's replacement was announced within hours of his killing, with Khamenei appointing Major General Mohammad Pakpour to lead the IRGC.

Read more: Who are the Iranian military chiefs and scientists killed by Israel?

French President Emmanuel Macron says France "reaffirms Israel's right to defend itself", adding that it has repeatedly condemned Iran's nuclear programme.

"To avoid jeopardizing the stability of the entire region, I call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and to de-escalate," he wrote in a post on X.

Governments and leaders around the world have reacted after Israel launched a huge attack on Iran in the early hours of Friday, targeting nuclear facilities, military commanders and scientists. 

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, released a video statement confirming the attacks on Friday morning. 

"Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival,” he said. 

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said that following the strikes, Israel had “prepared for itself a bitter, painful fate”. 

“Zionist regime has committed a crime in our dear country today at dawn with its satanic, bloodstained hands. It has revealed its malicious nature even more than before by targeting residential areas."

Read more: Israel's attack on Iran: How the world reacted

A blast has been heard in Iran's Hamadan city, Mehr News Agency is reporting.

The UK has updated its travel guidance to Israel, warning of "significant risks, including missile fire" following major Israeli attacks on Iran.

"The situation could escalate quickly and could pose significant risks, including missile fire," an update on the government's website said.

Reporting by Reuters

US President Donald Trump said he had given Iran a 60-day ultimatum to strike a nuclear deal ahead of Friday's attacks, but added that Tehran "perhaps" has a second chance.

"Two months ago I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to 'make a deal.' They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

US President Donald Trump told ABC News that Israel's attacks on Iran have been "excellent", warning that "there's more to come".

"I think it's been excellent. We gave them a chance and they didn't take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you're going to get hit. And there's more to come. A lot more," Trump was quoted as saying by an ABC reporter on X.

The Israeli military has inflicted "significant" damage to Natanz, Iran's main nuclear enrichment facility, an army spokesperson said on Friday.

Brigadier General Effie Defrin said in an online press briefing that the Israeli military was working according to a gradual attack plan and that the operation may be lengthy, warning that more attacks were to come. 

Reporting by Reuters

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement confirming that Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh was killed in an Israeli air strike targeting its command centre. Several other officers were also killed in the attack.

"Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force Major General Amirali Hajizadeh... along with a group of brave and dedicated fighters of this force, were martyred," the statement read.

Israel has launched new strikes targeting the cities of Shiraz and Tabriz, as well as a renewed attack on the Natanz nuclear site, Iranian media is reporting.

اسرائیل روز جمعه و در دور موج دوم حملات به قسمت‌های مختلف ایران، شیراز را هم بمباران کرد.
هنوز مشخص نیست هدف این حمله چه شخص یا نهادی بوده است. pic.twitter.com/LA49s0P2R3

— independentpersian (@indypersian) June 13, 2025

A senior advisor to Iran's supreme leader has succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli strike targeting his house, Iran international is reporting.

New York Times journalist Farnaz Fassihi reported that Iranian officials view his assassination as Israel's attempt to jeopardize nuclear diplomacy with the US.

Update: Ali Shamkhani has been killed. Iranian officials view this as Israel targeting and killing nuclear diplomacy with the US, they tell me. https://t.co/PhwNhuS5Fp

— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) June 13, 2025

At least 20 senior Iranian commanders including the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) air force, Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, were killed in Israel's strikes on Iran on Friday, two regional sources have told Reuters.

Hajzadeh joins a growing list of senior military officials killed in the early Friday attacks, including Major General Hossein Salami, IRGC commander-in-chief, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of Iran’s armed forces general staff, and Gholam Ali Rashid, commander of the most important strategic military command body in Iran.

Two key nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi and Mohammad-Mehdi Tehranci were also killed, reportedly along with several other scientists.