Radosław Sikorski on the Polish mission in Tehran: They are safe

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced on Friday morning that he had spoken with Ambassador Marcin Wilczek in Tehran. Our mission and its staff are safe, he assured on the X platform.

Israel began its attacks on Iran early Friday, saying its targets were nuclear and military facilities. Iranian media and officials said the strikes hit a key uranium enrichment facility at Natanz in central Iran and a facility at Parchin, where experts say nuclear weapons research is being conducted.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in an address to the nation that Iran has in recent months begun work on using enriched uranium for military purposes and has enough of the raw material to build nine nuclear bombs. He stressed that this poses a threat to the existence of the state of Israel. He warned that the operation could last "many days."

"I have just spoken with Ambassador Marcin Wilczek in Tehran. Our mission and its staff are safe," assured Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said earlier it was targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, military installations, and top military and nuclear officials. Iran's Fars news agency reported that Iranian army chief Mohammad Bagheri was killed in the attack, although that has not been confirmed by other outlets in the country.

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After the operation began, the Israeli military issued a statement saying Iran was secretly developing a plan to “technologically advance all elements of nuclear weapons development.” “In recent months, intelligence gathered has provided evidence that the Iranian regime is approaching a point of no return,” the statement said.