As Israel pounds Iran with airstrikes targeting military facilities and its nuclear sites, officials in Tehran have proposed a variety of steps the Islamic Republic could take outside of launching retaliatory missile barrages.

Israel's attacks have killed more than 70 people, including the heads of Iran's armed forces and the Revolutionary Guard, while Iran's retaliatory strikes have killed at least two people, as

Maj. Gen.Ali Shadmani was considered closest surviving adviser to leader Ali Khamenei; IAF attacks reported in Tehran, Natanz and elsewhere