Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reportedly suffered minor leg injuries during an Israeli missile strike last month. The attack targeted a high-level security meeting in western Tehran, according to Iranian media.
Fars News Agency, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, stated the strike occurred on 17 June. Senior officials, including the heads of Iran’s three branches of government, were meeting in a secure underground facility at the time.
Six missiles struck the building’s entrances and exits. The attack resembled past targeted operations, such as the one aimed at Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The blasts caused a power outage on the affected floor. However, the officials escaped using a pre-planned emergency route.
Pezeshkian was reportedly injured during the evacuation but left the site safely. Several other officials also suffered minor injuries. Authorities are investigating a possible internal leak, citing the accuracy of the strike.
Fars criticised Western and Israeli-aligned media for not covering what it described as a “blatant act of state terrorism”.
The strike took place amid a 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, which began on 13 June. Israeli attacks on military, nuclear, and civilian targets killed at least 606 people and injured over 5,300, according to Iran’s Health Ministry.
In response, Iran launched missile and drone strikes on Israel. These killed at least 29 people and injured more than 3,400, based on figures from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
A US-brokered ceasefire brought the conflict to a halt on 24 June.
