Operation Rising Lion: Israel Strikes Iran’s Nuclear Core

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

1. Breaking News: Israeli Airstrikes on Iran

Israel launched a preemptive strike targeting Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure.
The operation reportedly killed Major General Hossein Salami, head of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), and two top Iranian nuclear scientists.
The Natanz uranium enrichment facility was among the key targets.

2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Address

Netanyahu confirmed the operation and emphasized it was a necessary act of self-defense.
He warned of Iran’s progress toward nuclear weaponization and its threat to Israel and global security.
Netanyahu stated the operation would continue “for as many days as it takes.”

3. Commentary from Senator Ted Cruz

Cruz supported the Israeli action, calling it inevitable and necessary.
He emphasized the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the IRGC’s history of killing over 600 U.S. service members.
He warned Iran not to retaliate against American forces, asserting that any such action would provoke a strong U.S. response.

4. Broader Political and Strategic Context

The discussion critiques the Obama and Biden administrations’ approaches to Iran.
It highlights bipartisan tensions in U.S. politics regarding support for Israel.
The show also includes appeals for support through the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and Patriot Mobile.

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0:35.2	We start with the big breaking news, and that is coming out of Israel. Israel has
0:41.8	struck Iran and Iran is now confirming that the IRGC terror chief, salami, has also been eliminated.
0:52.4	Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the operation as well, talking about what this
0:56.8	means. And we also found out that not only did Iran state-run Islamic Republic News Agency
1:03.2	confirm in the early hours of Friday morning that the Israeli airstrike on targets in the country
1:09.6	eliminated the major general
1:11.6	Salami, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.
1:16.2	Other arms of Iran state news apparatus also confirmed this, several high-profile regime
1:23.7	members, including not one but two of their top nuclear scientists.
1:28.2	Now, this is obviously massive because if you want to take out their nuclear program,
1:34.1	taking out the scientists behind it is huge.
1:37.6	It's very hard to get nuclear scientists to defect and come to Iran.
1:42.0	So taking them out could put back their program literally years.
1:46.4	They were killed in these strikes, and that is, again, massive. Now, Salami may be by far one of the
1:56.4	highest ranking Iranian regime officials to have been targeted successfully in the operation.
2:01.8	He is one of those that was important to take out, and Israel had planned this for quite some
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