On Saturday, Israel Defense Forces said that nine Iranian nuclear scientists and experts involved in Iran’s nuclear program were killed during its strikes on the country.
The IDF said Ali Bakhouei Karimi, Mansour Asgari, and Saeed Barji were killed by strikes on Friday.
Their deaths were confirmed by Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
Israel had previously said it killed six experts linked with the nuclear program, in addition to 3 key military leaders.