When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

Israel and Iran intensified their deadly air strikes Monday on the fifth day after Israel launched its first attack to dismantle Iran's nuclear capability.

Israeli officials have been pushing the United States to join the fray and use its huge bunker-busting bomb to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Ali Shadmani held the role of War-Time Chief of Staff and Commander of the Emergency Command of the Iranian Armed Forces. He led both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian army.

The Israeli military has warned residents in part of Iran’s capital to evacuate ahead of Israeli strikes. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday,

The head of the U.N. atomic agency, Rafael Grossi, said radiation levels outside Iranian nuclear facilities in Natanz and Isfahan remained normal after the sites were attacked early Friday by Israeli strikes.

An Israeli strike hit Iran's state broadcaster on Monday while the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog indicated extensive damage to Iran's biggest uranium enrichment plant and Iran called on the U.S. to force a ceasefire in the aerial war.