Iran vows to kill 50,000 US soldiers in revenge as massive Israeli airstrike on Republican Guard HQ wipes out ‘hundreds’ of elite troops and spies

An Iranian television mouthpiece has warned up to 50,000 American soldiers will be returned to Washington in ‘coffins’ after Donald Trump raised the possibility of regime change in Tehran.

State TV anchor Mehdi Khanalizadeh accused Trump of choosing to ‘spill the blood of your soldiers’, before adding: ‘The US president in the Oval Office chose to take delivery of the coffins of up to 50,000 US soldiers in Washington.’

It comes as Iran warns the United States should expect ‘heavy consequences’ for striking its nuclear sites, issuing a threat that its entry into the conflict with Israel will ‘expand the scope of legitimate targets’.

Trump declared last night that ‘monumental damage’ has been done ‘to all nuclear sites in Iran’ as he called for a regime change in the Islamic Republic.

The US president wrote on his Truth Social page that satellite images he obtained showed the Iranian nuclear facilities were ‘obliterated,’ and noted that the most damage ‘took place far below ground level.’

Iranian media then reported that Israel was carrying out new strikes on the Fordow nuclear facilities today, with Israeli media saying the IDF was targeting an access road at the site.

Meanwhile huge clouds of smoke towered over Tehran as Israel launched a wave of strikes ‘with unprecedented force’, including on a military headquarters killing ‘hundreds’ of guards members.

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‘Completely irresponsible’: Family of Evin prisoner condemn Israeli strike

An Israeli strike on Tehran’s Evin prison has been branded ‘completely irresponsible’ by the family of a French inmate.

Noemie Kohler, the sister of French national Cecile Kohler, said the attack ‘puts our loved ones in mortal danger’.

Cecile has been incarcerated in Iran for three years after she was accused of spying with her partner Jacques Paris.

The 40-year-old teacher and partner Paris (both pictured above), who is in his 70s, were arrested on May 7, 2022, on the last day of a holiday to Iran

Her sister told the AFP news agency:

We have no news, we don’t know if they are still alive, we’re panicking.

She is urging the French authorities to ‘condemn these extremely dangerous strikes’ and secure the release of the French prisoners.

Watch: Huge blast as missile explodes near Israeli road

Dashcam footage has caught the terrifying moment a missile exploded near a roadside in Ashdod.

It comes following the latest barrage of Iranian missiles to strike Israel this morning.