Iran shoots down Israeli drones in its airspace
Iran's unified military command late on Tuesday said that Israeli drones were "violating" its airspace after the ceasefire went into effect, and warned of a "crushing response" to both the US and Israel.
Officials said Iran's air defences shot down attacking drones over the northern city of Rasht earlier in the day.
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DW
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- DW
US, Iran mull restarting nuclear talks: Trump envoy – DW – 06/25/2025
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Time of India
22 minutes ago
- Time of India
Both Israel and Iran deny violating truce
After US President Donald Trump harshly criticised Israel and Iran on Tuesday for mounting attacks after his announcement that a ceasefire deal had been reached, both countries denied having violated the truce and pushed back with their own timelines of events. The absence of details surrounding the truce deal added to the confusion about the sequence of the strikes and counter-strikes that took place in the hours after the initial announcement. Trump did not publicly specify a start time when he announced the truce, for example. There are also time differences involved. Iranian time is half an hour ahead of Israeli time, which is seven hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time. Yet despite the discordant Iranian and Israeli claims about timelines, the mutual denials of violations strongly suggested that each side wanted the ceasefire to hold. PM Netanyahu of Israel said Tuesday afternoon that the ceasefire had been set to take effect at 7am Israel time. Four hours earlier, at 3am, Israel attacked targets "in the heart of Tehran," his office said in a statement, adding that shortly before the truce came into effect Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel. One hit an apartment building in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, killing four people. At 7.06am in Israel, Iran fired another missile, and then two more at 10.25am, according to Israel. Netanyahu's office said those missiles were intercepted or fell in open areas. In response, Netanyahu's office said, Israeli forces destroyed a radar position near Tehran. By then, Trump had publicly demanded that Israel not respond, describing the last volley of missiles fired by Iran at northern Israel as "one rocket that didn't land, that was shot perhaps by mistake." Despite earlier threats from the Israeli defence minister and military that Israel would respond forcefully to the missile fire, the actual Israeli response appeared to be limited and symbolic. "Following a conversation between President Trump and PM Netanyahu, Israel refrained from further attacks," Netanyahu's office said. Around the same time, Trump wrote on social media that Israel's warplanes would "turn around and head home." Iran, for its part, said its missile fire came as retaliation for Israel's pre-dawn bombardment, and only before the cease-fire was meant to start. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that in retaliation for "savage" Israeli attacks on Iran overnight, Iran had launched 14 missiles at military and logistical centres in Israel in the "final minutes" before the cease-fire came into effect, according to a statement published on the Telegram channel of Press TV, an Iranian state news channel. The statement made no mention of the firing any missiles after the cease-fire came into force, as Trump and Israel charged. In addition, an Iranian military spokesman, Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaqari, said Israel had launched "three waves of attacks" against Iran on Tuesday morning, after the ceasefire was supposed to take effect, with the last ending at 9 am Iranian time, according to a Press TV report citing a report from Defa Press, another Iranian news agency. Fars, a news agency managed by the Revolutionary Guards, reported that explosions were heard in Babol and Babolsar, Iranian cities to the northeast of Tehran, without providing a time or any other details. Trump first announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire deal on Monday evening - around 1.30am Tuesday in Tehran - and Iran's state television later announced a ceasefire early on Tuesday morning local time. The Israeli govt remained silent until it made its own announcement of a ceasefire at about 9am. Israel time, saying Israel had agreed to the truce. nyt
Business Times
26 minutes ago
- Business Times
Asia: Stocks rally as Iran-Israel ceasefire holds, oil claws back some losses
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