Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran. The attack comes as tensions have reached new heights over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Follow the latest news after Israel launched strikes at Iran, a dramatic escalation in long-running tensions between the two countries.

Iran fired dozens of missiles at Israel after Israeli strikes, triggering air raid sirens and sending residents to shelters.

U.S. officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, multiple sources told CBS News.

Washington has decided to withdraw non-essential staff from its embassies in Middle East following reports of Israel preparing to strike nuclear facilities in Iran

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine declined to definitively say on Wednesday whether they believed Iran would use a nuclear weapon if it acquired one.

Iran’s nuclear program remains a top focus for inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, particularly as any possible deal between Tehran and the United States over the program would likely rely on the agency long known as the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog.

A spokesperson for the dissident MeK group told Newsweek of "a more advanced" alleged Iranian nuclear weapons program.