The media reported the elimination of several targets near Natanz by the Iranian air defense forces.

Iranian air defense systems have destroyed several "enemy targets" near Natanz, where the nuclear facility is located. This was reported by the Mehr news agency on June 16.

"The defense systems near Natanz have successfully destroyed enemy targets," the Telegram channel says.

According to the agency, the enemy's attack was repelled at about one o'clock in the morning (00:30 Moscow time).

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At the same time, prolonging the fighting increases Tehran's chances, experts say.

Earlier in the day, Tasnim news agency reported that two soldiers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Zanjan province in northwestern Iran. It was noted that one of the dead was the commander of the troops of the Ijrud district.