WANA (Aug 04) – Fresh details have surfaced regarding the Israeli missile attack on Iran’s Supreme National Security Council meeting during the recent 12-day war.

 

Ghaempanah, Iran’s Vice President for Executive Affairs, told reporters: “After the explosions, a large amount of dust filled the meeting hall and the electricity was cut. Attendees split into small groups to search for an exit. In those conditions, President Pezeshkian could only see a space the size of two hands. He cleared away the dust that had piled up, opened a path to the outside, and was the first to exit. He then pulled others out one by one. Immediately afterward, they got into a vehicle that had been damaged by the blasts and returned to work. However, the meeting site was struck twice more, which tragically led to the martyrdom of several rescue workers.”

 

Pir Hossein Kolivand, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, also described the scene: “I was present at most of the events during the 12-day war. At the time of the attack, I was attending a meeting of the heads of state branches. When I arrived at the scene, the head of the Red Crescent base warned me the situation was dangerous, but colleagues had already gone in to help. I borrowed a colleague’s motorcycle and rushed to the site. I saw that the Supreme National Security Council meeting had been hit, creating conditions for the leaders to leave. But as soon as they evacuated, the next missile landed near our ambulance. Sadly, Martyr Mohtaba Maleki and Martyr Jamshidpour were killed instantly.”

 

The strike occurred on the morning of Monday, June 17, as the Supreme National Security Council meeting was underway with the heads of all three branches of government and other senior officials present in a lower level of a building in western Tehran. The attack mirrored the assassination attempt model once designed against Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, with six missiles targeting the building’s entrances and exits to block escape routes and cut ventilation.

 

Following the blasts, power was cut to the floor, but officials managed to escape through an emergency hatch prepared in advance. Several, including President Pezeshkian, sustained minor leg injuries while evacuating.

 

Security sources say the precision of the intelligence behind the strike raises suspicions of an infiltrator. The incident highlighted that the Israeli regime is prepared to use any means, including the assassination of senior officials, to undermine Iran’s national security.

 

The attack came amid Israel’s 12-day aggression, launched on June 13 under the pretext of countering Iran’s nuclear program. The offensive, which targeted both nuclear and military sites, ended only after a ceasefire was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. During this period, the Islamic Republic delivered forceful retaliatory strikes on multiple Israeli positions.

The mural at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in Tehran on the day of the funeral ceremony for the martyrs of the Israeli regime’s attack, featuring images of the martyrs of this war. Social media/ WANA News Agency