Among the victims were 16 women and children, he added, though identities were not disclosed.
Later, Iranian state TV confirmed that 50-year-old Mohammad Reza Seddiqi Saber was among the deceased.
Reports indicated that he had been staying with his parents after his 17-year-old son was allegedly killed in an earlier Israeli airstrike on their family home in Tehran.
According to the Israeli military, at least nine other senior Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated since the beginning of the air campaign.
On June 14, the military claimed these individuals had “played a central role in Iran’s nuclear weapons advancement”—though no evidence was provided.
Iran has consistently denied pursuing nuclear weapons, insisting its nuclear program is entirely peaceful.***