Not a coincidence
The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors on Thursday (local time) formally found that Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year.
Today:
The facility at the heart of Iran's nuclear ambitions was engulfed in flames on Friday, according to social media images geolocated by CNN and Iranian state television.
That seems a lot more effective than sanctions!
Multiple Iranian state media outlets have confirmed that Major General Hossein Salami, the head of the country's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed Friday morning during Israeli strikes.
The IRGC is one of the most powerful tools wielded by the Iranian state, overseeing its ballistic missile development, crushing dissent at home and projecting Iranian and military operations in the Middle East region.
That's a bonus. The dissent crusher got crushed.
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