Nuclear scientists

Israel examining possibility Iran involved in murder of nuclear scientist in US - report

This is an assessment that has not yet been verified and is not supported at this stage by official findings from the investigative authorities in the United States. 

|ByANNA BARSKY
Nuno Loureiro
An illustration of a cyber hacker and the Iranian flag.

Iran-linked 'Handala' hacktivists claim to leave bouquet in Israeli nuclear scientist's vehicle

Iran-linked hacktivists claimed they broke into an Israeli nuclear scientist’s car and issued threats, earlier publishing what they said were names of Unit 8200 soldiers.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iranians demonstrate in Stockholm, Sweden July 14, 2022

Iranian executed for Mossad espionage was a nuclear scientist, state media claims

Iranian media claimed Mossad had promised the scientist a foreign passport should he complete a long-term collaboration, after meeting five times in Vienna.

|ByREUTERS
Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on a Tehran oil refinery, on June 15, 2025.

Israel killed 30 Iranian security chiefs and 11 nuclear scientists, Israeli official says

Israel's air force struck over 900 targets, and the military deeply damaged Iran's missile production during the war that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire.

|ByREUTERS

Bomb drops, power shifts, insiders weigh Middle East futures - analysis

Until yesterday the White House maintained a clear red line: no direct US involvement on Iranian soil. That line survived tanker wars, drone shoot-downs and proxy salvos.

JUNE 22, 2025ByANNA BARSKY
US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber performs a fly-over during the Speed of Sound Airshow in 2024

Nuclear scientist, air defense personnel, and IRGC members killed in Israeli strikes

The IRGC later said that five of its members were also killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday, but in Khorramabad in western Iran.

JUNE 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Smoke rises following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran, June 18, 2025.

'Killed in their sleep': Inside Operation Narnia, Israel's strikes on Iran's nuclear scientists

In a striking twist, the operation targeting Iran’s nuclear scientists is known as "Narnia" in Israel, a name that reflects the operation’s improbable nature.

JUNE 20, 2025ByANNA BARSKY, AVRAHAM BLOCH, AVI ASHKENAZI
Israel’s Mossad operation to eliminate Iranian’s top nuclear scientists is named “Operation Narnia.”