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India Today
7 hours ago
- Politics
- India Today
Israeli planes to be soon over Iran: Netanyahu
Vowing to continue to strike hard at Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said Israel will strike every site and target of the Iranian regime.'In the near future, you will see Israeli Air Force planes over the skies of Tehran. We will strike every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime,' Netanyahu told the citizens in a video warned what Iran has experienced so far would be nothing in front of what they are going to face in the coming days. The Israeli Premier said that the goal of the Israeli operation is two fold - to foil Iran's nuclear ambitions and to stop its ballistic missiles programme.'We were in the 90th minute. There was a race by Iran's nuclear teams to create nuclear bombs - atomic bombs for Israel's destruction,' he said justifying Israeli Operation Rising attacked Iran's capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country's nuclear programme and attacked its nuclear, missile and military complex. In retaliation, Iran launched retaliatory strikes on Israel with the conflict escalating further on Watch
GMA Network
7 hours ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
Israel says attacks on Iran are 'nothing' compared with what is coming
Rescuers work at the site of a damaged building, in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in location given as Tehran, Iran, in this screen grab from a handout video released on June 14, 2025. Iranian Red Crescent Society/Handout via REUTERS JERUSALEM/DUBAI - Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes on Saturday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it building an atomic weapon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's strikes had set back Iran's nuclear program possibly by years but rejected international calls for restraint, saying the attack would be intensified. "We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime, and what they have felt so far is nothing compared with what they will be handed in the coming days," he said in a video message. In Tehran, Iranian state TV reported that around 60 people, including 20 children, had been killed in an attack on a housing complex, with more strikes reported across the country. Israel said it had attacked more than 150 targets. In Israel, air raid sirens sent residents into shelters as waves of missiles streaked across the sky and interceptors rose to meet them. At least three people were killed overnight. An Israeli official said Iran had fired around 200 ballistic missiles in four waves. US President Donald Trump has lauded Israel's strikes and warned of much worse to come unless Iran quickly accepts the sharp downgrading of its nuclear program that the US has demanded in talks that had been due to resume on Sunday. But with Israel saying its operation could last weeks, and urging Iran's people to rise up against their Islamic clerical rulers, fears have grown of a regional conflagration dragging in outside powers. The United States, Israel's main ally, helped shoot down Iranian missiles, two US officials said. "If (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, Tehran will burn," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said. Iran had vowed to avenge Friday's Israeli onslaught, which gutted Iran's nuclear and military leadership and damaged atomic plants and military bases. Tehran warned Israel's allies that their military bases in the region would come under fire too if they helped shoot down Iranian missiles, state television reported. However, 20 months of war in Gaza and a conflict in Lebanon last year have decimated Tehran's strongest regional proxies, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, reducing its options for retaliation. Gulf Arab states that have long mistrusted Iran but fear coming under attack in any wider conflict have urged calm as worries about disruption to the region's crucial oil exports boosted the price of crude by about 7% on Friday. Lawmaker and military general Esmail Kosari said Iran was reviewing whether to close the Strait of Hormuz, the exit point for oil shipped from the Gulf. Night of blasts and fear in Israel and Iran Iran's overnight fusillade included hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones, an Israeli official said. Three people, including a man and a woman, were killed and dozens wounded, the ambulance service said. In Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv, emergency services rescued a baby girl trapped in a house hit by a missile, police said, but later on Saturday Tel Aviv beaches were busy with people enjoying the weekend. In the western suburb of Ramat Gan, near Ben Gurion airport, Linda Grinfeld described her apartment being damaged: "We were sitting in the shelter, and then we heard such a boom. It was awful." The Israeli military said it had intercepted surface-to-surface Iranian missiles as well as drones, and that two rockets had been fired from Gaza. In Iran, Israel's two days of strikes destroyed residential apartment buildings, killing families and neighbors as apparent collateral damage in strikes targeting scientists and senior officials in their beds. Iran said 78 people had been killed on the first day and scores more on the second day, many of them when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran. State TV said 60 people were believed to have been killed there, though the figure was not officially confirmed. It broadcast pictures of a building flattened into debris and the facade of several upper storeys lying sideways in the street, while slabs of concrete dangled from a neighboring building. "Smoke and dust were filling all the house and we couldn't breathe," 45-year-old Tehran resident Mohsen Salehi told Iranian news agency WANA after an overnight air strike woke his family. Fars News agency said two projectiles had hit Mehrabad airport, located inside the capital, which is both civilian and military. With Iran's air defenses heavily damaged, Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar said "the road to Iran has been paved". In preparation for possible further escalation, reservists were being deployed across Israel. Army Radio reported units had been positioned along the Lebanese and Jordanian borders. Iranian nuclear sites damaged Israel sees Iran's nuclear program as a threat to its existence, and said the bombardment was designed to avert the last steps to production of a nuclear weapon. A military official on Saturday said Israel had caused significant damage to Iran's nuclear facilities at Natanz and Isfahan, but had not so far taken on another uranium enrichment site, Fordow, dug into a mountain. The official said Israel had "eliminated the highest commanders of their military leadership" and had killed nine nuclear scientists who were "main sources of knowledge, main forces driving forward the (nuclear) program.". Tehran insists the program is entirely civilian in line with its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and that it does not seek an atomic bomb. However, it has repeatedly hidden some part from international inspectors, and the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday reported it in violation of the NPT. Iranian talks with the United States to resolve the nuclear dispute have stuttered this year. The next meeting was set for Sunday but Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that continuing the talks while Israel's "barbarous" attacks lasted was unjustifiable. — Reuters
Indian Express
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Satellite images show how Israeli strikes wreaked havoc on Iran bases
A day after the exchange of deadly attacks between Israel and Iran, hostilities continued in both countries as they traded missiles and airstrikes. With the escalation of the conflict, fear looms large of an all-out war. Satellite images accessed by The Associated Press showed the extent of damage inflicted by Iran's ballistic missile arsenal in an Israeli attack. Images from Planet Labs PBC captured on Friday showed damage at two missile bases, one in Kermanshah and one in Tabriz, both in western Iran. At Kermanshah, where the base is situated on a mountainside, burn marks could be seen across a wide area after the attack. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again warned of heavier blows in the coming days, adding that Israel's strikes have set Iran's nuclear program back, possibly by years. 'We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime, and what they have felt so far is nothing compared to what they will be handed in the coming days,' Netanyahu said in a video message. He added that the military is now destroying Iran's ability to manufacture ballistic missiles. Meanwhile, Iran has warned the United States, the United Kingdom, and France that their bases and ships in the region could be targeted if they intervene to stop Tehran's strikes on Israel. The series of blistering attacks launched by Israel has left around 60 people, including 20 children, dead in a housing complex in Tehran, according to an Iranian state TV report. Following Israel's airstrikes on Friday, Iran retaliated overnight, leading to three fatalities and several injuries. In Tabriz, images showed damage at multiple sites on the base, as well as what appears to be smoke. As plumes of dust and smoke filled the skies of Tehran and Tel Aviv, people grappled for their lives amid a barrage of missiles and drones. In Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv, emergency services rescued a baby girl trapped in a house hit by a missile, a police official was quoted by Reuters as informing. The Israeli military said it had intercepted surface-to-surface Iranian missiles as well as drones and added two rockets had been fired from Gaza. With top scientists and senior officials killed, Iran has suffered significant damage. Several residential apartment buildings have flattened into debris due to the attack. According to Iran's records, 78 people were killed on the first day and scores more on the second day, including when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran. 'Smoke and dust were filling the entire house, and we couldn't breathe,' 45-year-old Tehran resident Mohsen Salehi told Iranian news agency WANA after an overnight air strike woke his family. Fars News agency said two projectiles had hit Mehrabad airport, located inside the capital, which serves both civilian and military purposes. Apart from the collateral damage to properties, Iran had a major setback with its air defenses heavily damaged, and Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar said, 'The road to Iran has been paved.'
Middle East Eye
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Benjamin Netanyahu vows to launch more severe attacks on Iran 'in the coming days'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel will launch stronger attacks on Iran in the upcoming days. "We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime and what they have felt so far is nothing compared with what they will be handed in the coming days," Netanyahu said in a video message. The prime minister claimed that the overnight assault has already set Iran's nuclear program back, possibly by years, adding that the Israeli military was tearing down Iran's ballistic missile manufcaturing capabilities.
Memri
a day ago
- Politics
- Memri
A Coalition Of Non-Persian Ethnic Groups In Iran Could Topple The Ayatollahs' Regime In A Few Months
After Israel's June 12 strike on Iran, the need to support the non-Persian ethnic groups in the country to bring about the collapse of the Ayatollahs' regime has become clearer. A coalition of non-Persian ethnic groups could topple the regime in a few months. It is worth noting that, unlike the Persian anti-regime population, the non-Persian anti-regime population is militarily organized. Concerning the Kurds, the following are their armed groups present on the ground ready to fight the Iranian regime: the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan (Komala), and the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK). These are well known political parties and armed groups: KDPI has been around since the 1940s and Komala since the 1960s. They can gather thousands of people. The Balochs have the Baloch Army, which is an umbrella organization that covers the whole of Balochistan and is led by the secular and committed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). The Ahwazi National Resistance is the secret armed group of Ahwaz. There are no Persian organized militarized anti-regime groups on the ground in Iran.[1] President of the Executive Committee of Ahwaz Receives Secretary-General of the Komala Kurdistan Party[2] President Of The Executive Committee Of Ahwaz Receives Secretary-General Of The Komala Kurdistan Party To Discuss Iran's Future Amid escalating regional tensions, a delegation from the Komala Kurdistan Party, headed by Secretary-General Mr. Reza Kaabi, conducted an official visit to the headquarters of the Executive Committee of the State of Ahwaz.[3] The delegation was received by Dr. Aref Al-Kaabi, President of the Executive Committee of the State of Ahwaz. The two sides held an extensive meeting during which they discussed the latest political and security developments in the region, with a particular focus on the rapidly evolving situation inside Iran. The meeting addressed the shared challenges facing the non-Persian peoples of the region, chief among them the Kurdish and Ahwazi Arab peoples under Tehran's repressive policies toward ethnic minorities. They also discussed the Iranian regime's ongoing attempts to export its internal crises through nuclear brinkmanship and regional military escalation. Both parties emphasized the importance of strengthening political and media cooperation among liberation movements within Iran in order to support the right of peoples to self-determination and to work toward building strategic alliances that can realize their aspirations for freedom and independence. The two delegations also stressed the need to capitalize on the current international climate to raise the voices of oppressed peoples on the global stage and to push for recognition of their legitimate rights in accordance with international conventions. At the conclusion of the meeting, both sides affirmed their commitment to continued communication and coordination, and reiterated their unified stance on the future of Iran and its peoples based on a shared vision aimed at establishing democratic systems that guarantee justice and freedom for all components of the region.
