Visiting the Martyrs Cemetery in the northern city of Astana Ashrafiye, he paid his respects to the city’s prominent martyrs, in particular the nuclear scientist martyr Mohammad Reza Sedighi Saber, who was assassinated along with his wife, three children, and 11 other relatives and neighbors in a criminal attack by the Zionist regime on July 25, 2025.
In a brutal act of state terrorism, the Israeli regime assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist Sedighi Saber and 12 members of his family in northern Iran just hours before the ceasefire took effect.
Family photos of scientists and their martyred relatives reveal the scale of the human cost.
On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked invasion of Iran, sparking a 12-day war that left at least 1,064 people dead in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.
The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear facilities in a serious violation of international law.
In response, Iranian forces targeted strategic locations throughout the occupied territories, as well as Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base, the largest US military base in West Asia.
On June 24, Iran successfully thwarted a terrorist attack through successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the United States.
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