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Time Magazine
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Time Magazine
Iran Threatens to Attack More U.S. Military Bases
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Iran would respond to any further U.S. attacks by targeting American military bases in the Middle East, while declaring what he described as a "total victory" over Israel. 'The Islamic Republic slapped America in the face. It attacked one of the important American bases in the region,' Khamenei said during his first televised remarks since a ceasefire was reached to end the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel. On Monday, Tehran launched 19 ballistic missiles at Al Udeid Air Base, a U.S. airbase in Qatar, in response to an American attack on three nuclear program sites inside Iran. All but one of the missiles were intercepted by air defenses, and no American or Qatari personnel were reported injured in the attack. 'Such an action can be repeated in the future too. Should any aggression occur, the enemy will definitely pay a heavy price,' the Ayatollah warned, adding that Iran has 'access to key U.S. centers in the region.' The Iranian strike followed a major U.S. military operation on June 21, in which American forces targeted three Iranian nuclear facilities. President Donald Trump later claimed the attacks 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear capability. However, leaked U.S. intelligence suggests that the damage to Iran's nuclear program may not be as severe as Trump has alluded. CIA director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that the sites had been 'severely damaged' by the strikes, short of the damage described by the President. Khamenei also criticized President Trump's call for the Islamic Republic's 'unconditional surrender', posted on TruthSocial on June 17, calling it "unacceptable and illogical." Earlier in the conflict, Trump had suggested the possibility of regime change in Iran. 'If the current Iranian Regime is unable to make Iran great again, why wouldn't there be a regime change???' he said. But on Tuesday, en route to the NATO Summit, Trump appeared to backtrack. 'I'd like to see everything calm down as quickly as possible,' he told reporters onboard Air Force One. The conflict began after Israel attacked military and nuclear facilities across Iran on June 13, killing key military and scientific personnel. After the strikes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Operation Rising Lion as an attack to 'roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival' and that 'the goal of Israel's operation is to prevent the nuclear and ballistic missile threat of the Islamic regime.' Khamenei told viewers on Thursday that the U.S. had only intervened because 'if it didn't, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed,' claiming that Israel 'was practically knocked out and crushed under the blows of the Islamic Republic.' During the almost two week-long conflict, 974 Iranians were killed in Israeli missile strikes, including 387 civilians and 268 military personnel, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. In Israel, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed a total of 28 people killed as a result of Iranian missile strikes.
Gulf Today
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Gulf Today
Iran says over 400 killed, 3,056 injured since start of war with Israel
Israeli strikes on Iran have killed more than 400 people since they began last week, Iran's health ministry said in an updated toll on Saturday, as fighting raged between the two foes. "As of this morning, Israeli attacks have claimed the lives of over 400 defenseless Iranians and left 3,056 others wounded by missiles and drones," health ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said in a post on X. US-based NGO, the Human Rights Activists News Agency, said on Friday that based on its sources and media reports, at least 657 people have been killed in Iran, including 263 civilians. Strikes in southwest Iran, northern Israel Several "powerful explosions" were heard in the afternoon in southwestern Iran's Ahvaz, the daily Shargh reported, as Israel's military said it was conducting strikes on "military infrastructure" in the area. A man injured in an Israeli strike, receives medical care at the Rasoul Akram hospital in Tehran. AFP Ahvaz is the capital of Khuzestan province, which lies on the Iraqi border and is Iran's main oil-producing region. "Fighter jets are currently striking military infrastructure in southwestern Iran," the Israeli military said in a statement. Earlier, Israeli rescue services said an Iranian "drone strike hit a two-storey residential building in northern Israel" following a wave of attacks reported by the military. At least 19 people were injured in Haifa the day before following a strike on a building by the city's docks. Israel strikes Isfahan nuclear site Israel targeted "two centrifuge production sites" at Iran's Isfahan nuclear facility overnight in a second wave of strikes on the location since the start of the war, a military official said. "Isfahan we targeted in the first 24 hours of our operation, but we carried out a second wave of strikes there overnight, deepening our achievements and advancing the damage to the facility," the military official told reporters during a briefing on condition of anonymity. An injured woman is treated in a hospital in Tehran on Saturday. Reuters The repeated raids by the Israeli air force have "dealt a severe blow to Iran's centrifuge production capabilities", the official added. Iran arrests 22 over Israeli spy links Police in Iran's Qom province said 22 people "linked to Israeli spy services" had been arrested since June 13. Citing the head of police intelligence in Iran's Qom province, the Fars news agency reported that "22 people were identified and arrested on charges of being linked to the Zionist regime's spy services, disturbing public opinion and supporting the criminal regime". A European national was also arrested for alleged spying, the Tasnim news agency reported on Friday, without giving their nationality or the date of the arrest. Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights said at least 223 people have been arrested nationwide on charges related to collaboration with Israel, cautioning that the actual figure was likely higher. Iran FM arrives in Istanbul Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Istanbul, Tasnim reported, for a meeting with regional diplomats to discuss Tehran's conflict with Israel. Abbas Araghchi leaves after a meeting on Tehran's nuclear programme, with European diplomats at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva. AFP Around 40 diplomats are due to join the weekend gathering of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, as Israel and Iran continue to exchange attacks. "At this meeting, at the suggestion of Iran, the issue of the Zionist regime's attack on our country will be specifically addressed," Araghchi said, according to the news agency. Agence France-Presse
Dubai Eye
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Dubai Eye
Iran, Israel launch new attacks as Tehran rules out nuclear talks
Iran and Israel exchanged fresh attacks early on Saturday, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme while under threat and Europe tried to keep peace talks alive. Iran's Fars news agency said Israel had targeted the Isfahan nuclear facility, one of the nation's biggest, but there was no leakage of hazardous materials. Iranian media also said Israel had attacked a building in the city of Qom, with initial reports of a 16-year-old killed and two people injured. The Israeli military said it had launched a wave of attacks against missile storage and launch infrastructure sites in Iran. Shortly after 2:30 AM in Israel (2330 GMT on Friday), the Israeli military warned of an incoming missile barrage from Iran, triggering air raid sirens across parts of central Israel, including Tel Aviv, as well as in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Interceptions were visible in the sky over Tel Aviv, with explosions echoing across the metropolitan area as Israel's air defence systems responded. Sirens also sounded in southern Israel, said Magen David Adom, Israel's national emergency service. An Israeli military official said Iran had fired five ballistic missiles and that there were no immediate indications of any missile impacts. There were no initial reports of casualties in Israel. The emergency service released images showing a fire on the roof of a multi-storey residential building in central Israel. Local media reported that the fire was caused by debris from an intercepted missile. Israel began attacking Iran on June 13, saying its longtime enemy was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran, which says its nuclear programme is only for peaceful purposes, retaliated with missile and drone strikes on Israel. Israel is widely assumed to possess nuclear weapons. It neither confirms nor denies this. Its air attacks have killed 639 people in Iran, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, a US-based human rights organisation that tracks Iran. The dead include the military's top echelon and nuclear scientists. In Israel, 24 civilians have been killed in Iranian missile attacks, according to authorities. US President Donald Trump said on Friday he thought Iran would be able to have a nuclear weapon "within a matter of weeks, or certainly within a matter of months". He told reporters at the airport in Morristown, New Jersey: "We can't let that happen." He said his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was wrong in suggesting there was no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon. Iran has repeatedly targeted Tel Aviv, a metropolitan area of around 4 million people and the country's business and economic hub, where some critical military assets are also located. Israel said it had struck dozens of military targets on Friday, including missile production sites, a research body it said was involved in nuclear weapons development in Tehran and military facilities in western and central Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said there was no room for negotiations with the US "until Israeli aggression stops". But he arrived in Geneva on Friday for talks with European foreign ministers at which Europe hopes to establish a path back to diplomacy. Trump reiterated that he would take up to two weeks to decide whether the United States should enter the conflict on Israel's side, enough time "to see whether or not people come to their senses", he said. The US President said he was unlikely to press Israel to scale back its airstrikes to allow negotiations to continue. "I think it's very hard to make that request right now. If somebody is winning, it's a little bit harder to do than if somebody is losing, but we're ready, willing and able, and we've been speaking to Iran, and we'll see what happens," he said. The Geneva talks produced little signs of progress, and Trump said he doubted negotiators would be able to secure a ceasefire. "Iran doesn't want to speak to Europe. They want to speak to us. Europe is not going to be able to help in this one," Trump said. Hundreds of US citizens have fled Iran since the air war began, according to a US State Department cable seen by Reuters. Israel's envoy to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told the Security Council on Friday his country would not stop its attacks "until Iran's nuclear threat is dismantled". Iran's UN envoy Amir Saeid Iravani called for Security Council action and said Tehran was alarmed by reports that the US might join the war. Russia and China demanded immediate de-escalation.
Time of India
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Iran Israel war: Iranian President warns 'devastating' response, vows to continue nuclear activity
Iran's health ministry on Saturday gave a toll of more than 400 people killed and 3,056 in the Israeli strikes. Iran's retaliatory strikes have killed at least 25 people in Israel, according to official figures. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads FAQs Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian warned Saturday that his country's response to continued Israeli "aggression" will be "more devastating", as fighting raged between the two foes for a ninth day. President Masoud Pezeshkian said that his country will not halt nuclear activity "under any circumstances" amid ongoing fighting with Israel which hit nuclear sites."Our response to the continued aggression of the Zionist regime will be more devastating," said Pezeshkian during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the official IRNA news agency, AFP reported."We are ready to discuss and cooperate to build confidence in the field of peaceful nuclear activities, however, we do not agree to reduce nuclear activities to zero under any circumstances," said Pezeshkian during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the official IRNA news and Iran have traded wave after wave of devastating strikes since Israel launched its aerial campaign on June 13, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing a nuclear denies seeking an atomic bomb, and on Saturday Pezeshkian said its right to pursue a civilian nuclear programme "cannot be taken away... by threats or war".A US-based NGO, the Human Rights Activists News Agency, said on Friday that based on its sources and media reports at least 657 people have been killed in Iran, including 263 health ministry on Saturday gave a toll of more than 400 people killed and 3,056 in the Israeli strikes. Iran's retaliatory strikes have killed at least 25 people in Israel, according to official figures.A1. President of Iran is Masoud Pezeshkian.A2. Iran's health ministry on Saturday gave a toll of more than 400 people killed and 3,056 in the Israeli strikes. Iran's retaliatory strikes have killed at least 25 people in Israel, according to official figures.
RTÉ News
21-06-2025
- Politics
- RTÉ News
US moves bombers to Pacific as Trump mulls attacking Iran
The US is moving B-2 stealth bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two officials told Reuters, as President Donald Trump weighs whether the United States should take part in Israel's strikes against Iran. It was unclear whether the bomber deployment is tied to Middle East tensions. The B-2 can be equipped to carry America's 14-ton GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, designed to destroy targets deep underground. That is the weapon that experts claim could be used to strike Iran's nuclear program, including Fordow. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, declined to disclose any further details. One official said no forward orders had been given yet to move the bombers beyond Guam. They did not say how many B-2 bombers are being moved. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Experts and officials are closely watching to see whether the B-2 bombers will move forward to a US-British military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. Experts said that Diego Garcia is in an ideal position to operate in the Middle East from. The United States had B-2 bombers on Diego Garcia up until last month, when they were replaced with B-52 bombers. The Iranian President @drpezeshkian called me. I reiterated my firm demand: Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris must be released. Their inhumane detention is unjust. I expect them to return to France. I also expressed my deep concern about Iran's nuclear program.… — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 21, 2025 Meanwhile, Israel claimed it had killed a veteran Iranian commander during attacks by both sides in the more than week-long air war, while Iran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear program while under threat. Israel claims Iran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, while Iran said its atomic program is only for peaceful purposes. However, Israel is widely assumed to possess nuclear weapons. It neither confirms nor denies this. Mr Trump has said he would take up to two weeks to decide whether the US should bomb Iran for Israel, enough time "to see whether or not people come to their senses", he said Israel said it had attacked Iran's Isfahan nuclear site for a second time after its air force announced it had also launched salvos against missile storage and launch sites in the centre of the country. The Israeli army later claimed it was striking military infrastructure in southwest Iran. Earlier this week, a large number of US tanker aircraft were moved to Europe and other military assets to the Middle East, including the deployment of more fighter jets. An aircraft carrier in the Indo-Pacific is also heading to the Middle East. Israel's attacks have killed 639 people in Iran, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency, a US-based human rights organisation that tracks Iran. In Israel, 24 civilians have died in Iranian strikes, according to authorities. Reuters could not independently verify casualty figures for either side. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed that the military killed a veteran commander in the Quds force, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' overseas arm, in a strike in an apartment in Iran's Qom. The veteran commander killed was identified as Saeed Izadi, who led the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force. Talks show little progress Iran has repeatedly targeted Tel Aviv where some critical Israeli military assets are also located. Israel said it had struck dozens of military targets, including missile production sites, a research body it claims was involved in nuclear weapons development in Tehran and military facilities in western and central Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said there was no room for negotiations with the US "until Israeli aggression stops". But he arrived in Geneva yesterday for talks with European foreign ministers at which Europe hopes to establish a path back to diplomacy. US President Donald Trump reiterated that he would take as long as two weeks to decide whether the United States should enter the conflict on Israel's side, enough time "to see whether or not people come to their senses", he said. Mr Trump said he was unlikely to press Israel to scale back its airstrikes to allow negotiations to continue. "I think it's very hard to make that request right now. If somebody is winning, it's a little bit harder to do than if somebody is losing, but we're ready, willing and able, and we've been speaking to Iran, and we'll see what happens," he said. The Geneva talks produced little signs of progress, and Mr Trump said he doubted negotiators would be able to secure a ceasefire. "Iran doesn't want to speak to Europe. They want to speak to us. Europe is not going to be able to help in this one," Mr Trump said. Hundreds of US citizens have fled Iran since the air war began, according to a US State Department cable seen by journalists. Israel's envoy to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told the Security Council his country would not stop its attacks "until Iran's nuclear threat is dismantled". Iran's UN envoy Amir Saeid Iravani called for Security Council action and said his country was alarmed by reports that the US might join the war. Russia and China demanded immediate de-escalation. A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran was ready to discuss limitations on uranium enrichment but that it would reject any proposal that barred it from enriching uranium completely, "especially now under Israel's strikes".
