Israel Targets Iran's Nuclear Brain Trust, 14 Scientists Dead

Israel's ambassador to France said the killings will make it 'almost' impossible for Iran to build weapons from whatever nuclear infrastructure and material may have survived nearly two weeks of Israeli airstrikes

- ASSOCIATED PRESS

Israel's tally of the war damage it wrought on Iran includes the targeted killings of at least 14 scientists, an unprecedented attack on the brains behind Iran's nuclear programme that outside experts say can only set it back, not stop it.

In an interview with agencies, Israel's ambassador to France said the killings will make it "almost" impossible for Iran to build weapons from whatever nuclear infrastructure and material may have survived nearly two weeks of Israeli airstrikes and massive bunker-busting bombs dropped by U.S. stealth bombers.

"The fact that the whole group disappeared is basically throwing back the programme by a number of years, by quite a number of years," Ambassador Joshua Zarka said.