Iranian advisor posts video depicting nuclear strike on Israel - Jerusalem Post Staff

 

by Jerusalem Post Staff

The picture, shared to Instagram, appears to portray two large nuclear explosions with fallout across Israel.

 

An image posted by an Iranian advisor depicting two mushroom clouds and nuclear fallout over Israel, July 12, 2025.

(photo credit: Screenshot/Instagram)

 

Mehdi Mohammadi, a strategic advisor to the Speaker of Iran's Parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf posted an image to his Instagram story on Saturday, depicting two mushroom clouds and nuclear fallout across Israel, in a post seen by The Jerusalem Post.

Mushroom clouds are widely recognized as symbolizing blasts from a nuclear bomb.

Notably, the fallout from the explosions in the image shared by Mohammadi also covered the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Iran's president said on Thursday the UN nuclear watchdog should drop its "double standards" if Tehran is to resume cooperation with it over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, Iranian state media reported.

President Masoud Pezeshkian last week signed a law suspending cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, prompting the IAEA to withdraw its remaining inspectors from Iran.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Iran's nuclear achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran April 9, 2025. (credit: IRAN'S PRESIDENCY/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

Relations between Iran and the IAEA have worsened since the United States and Israel bombed Iranian nuclear facilities in June, saying they wanted to prevent Tehran developing an atomic weapon. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only and denies seeking atomic weapons.

Is Russia playing a role in Iran's nuclear program?

Russian President Vladimir Putin told both US President Donald Trump and Iranian officials that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which Iran is unable to enrich uranium, sources familiar with those discussions told Axios on Saturday.

Iran's semi-official outlet, Tasnim News denied the Axios report.

Seth J. Frantzman and Reuters contributed to this report.

Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-860794

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