Israeli forces strike Iranian chemical supplier linked to weapons program PHOTO

Israeli army targeted a research and manufacturing facility that “systematically transferred chemical substances to the Iranian terror regime,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Telegram.

“The factory, owned by the Tofiq Daru Company, served as a principal supplier of fentanyl to the SPND organisation. The SPND organisation is responsible for the development of chemical weapons for the Iranian terror regime.

The factory, which presented itself as a civilian company, in practice transferred to the Iranian terror regime chemical substances, including fentanyl, that were used for research and development of chemical weapons.

Fentanyl is an anesthetic that, in high doses, is considered a highly lethal substance. The Tofiq Daru Company knowingly and systematically supplied this deadly substance to the SPND organisation, which used it to conduct research and development of chemical weapons.

The strike on the Tofiq Daru Company impaired the Iranian terror regime's chemical weapons production capabilities,” the army's statement read.

On March 31, in a related operation, strikes by Israel and the US hit a pharmaceutical company producing materials for cancer drugs.

By Jeyhun Aghazada