The Israel Defence Force (IDF) on Wednesday announced that it had attacked a centrifuge production site and multiple weapon manufacturing facilities in Tehran, which were the “key elements of Iran’s nuclear weapons and missile programs”.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed U.S. demands for surrender as Israeli airstrikes intensified. President Trump considered military involvement as highways out of Tehran clogged with fleeing civilians.

Explosions were heard in Iran's capital as Israeli warplanes pounded Tehran overnight and into Wednesday. Iran’s supreme leader rejected U.S. calls for surrender and warned that any