Israel launched “preemptive” strikes early Friday across Iran, amid growing regional tensions and concerns about Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

By bnm Tehran bureau Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has vowed that the country’s armed forces will deliver a forceful response to Israel’s large-scale aerial assault, which struck multiple sites across Iran early on June 13.

Netanyahu began warning about the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran in the 1990s — even before his first term as prime minister at the end of the decade. He returned to office in 2